Vulcan Materials Co.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Building Products
  • ISIN: US9291601097
USD
258.40
-7.06 (-2.66%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Vulcan Materials Co. ?

1
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.82%
3
Positive results in Jun 25
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 1,628.3 MM
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 7.1
  • RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.2% (YoY)
4
With ROCE of 11.91%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 3.08 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 7.05%, its profits have risen by 8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4.2
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Vulcan Materials Co. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Building Products)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Vulcan Materials Co. for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Vulcan Materials Co.
9.26%
0.87
23.92%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
10.33%
EBIT Growth (5y)
11.83%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.20
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.97
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.59
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.63
Tax Ratio
21.31%
Dividend Payout Ratio
24.16%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
11.21%
ROE (avg)
11.11%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
32
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.07
EV to EBIT
24.16
EV to EBITDA
16.50
EV to Capital Employed
3.06
EV to Sales
4.91
PEG Ratio
3.81
Dividend Yield
0.76%
ROCE (Latest)
12.65%
ROE (Latest)
12.72%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,813 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.92

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 8.92 times

-3What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(9M)

At USD 164.8 MM has Grown at 27.26%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 12.58% (YoY

Here's what is working for Vulcan Materials Co.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 8.92 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 1,813 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 8.92 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Here's what is not working for Vulcan Materials Co.

Interest
At USD 164.8 MM has Grown at 27.26%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 12.58% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales