Vulcan Materials Company

$ 302.84 2.72 %

Vulcan Materials Company, alongside its affiliated entities, stands as a prominent producer and distributor of construction aggregates, primarily operating within the United States. The company's activities are organized into four distinct divisions: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The Aggregates division focuses on providing essential materials like crushed stone, sand, gravel, and other foundational aggregates, along with related services. These products are vital for building and maintaining highways, public infrastructure, residential properties, and various commercial, industrial, and other non-residential structures. Through its Asphalt Mix segment, the firm furnishes asphalt mixture to locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, additionally performing asphalt paving work in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment supplies ready-mixed concrete to customers in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Lastly, the Calcium division is responsible for mining, manufacturing, and marketing calcium products for use in animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. Established in 1909, the corporation, initially known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. before its name change, is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

CEO: Ronnie A. Pruitt - https://www.vulcanmaterials.com

Price objectif

$322.6 6.52 %

Recommandation

Buy

DCF

$ 237.65

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Quick ratio

1.89

suggests a healthy liquidity position, showing that the company can likely meet its short-term obligations.

P/E ratio

35.84

is considered reasonable, suggesting that the company has a valuation in line with its current profits.

EPS

8.45

is the net profit of a company divided by the number of outstanding shares, indicating the profit earned per share.

ROE

13.10 %

reflects reasonable profitability, showing good use of equity.

ROIC

8.29 %

does not generate enough return to cover its financing costs, which indicates value destruction and may pose long-term profitability issues.

WACC

8.92

is a company's average cost of capital, weighted by the proportion of debt and equity in its financing. It represents the minimum return the company must generate to satisfy its investors.

Debt-to-Equity Ratio

0.60

indicates that the company uses more equity than debt, suggesting prudent management.

Free cash flow per share

8.46

is a measure of a company's financial flexibility that is determined by dividing free cash flow by the total number of shares outstanding.

Dividend payout ratio

23.42 %

indicates that the company is retaining a large portion of its profits to reinvest in growth

Earnings per share

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Financials

Piotroski score
8 indicates good financial health
Altman score
4.31 indicates good financial health and low risk of bankruptcy
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Cash / Debt

Cash Ratio
0.14 indicates liquidity risk, as the company may not have enough cash to meet its immediate obligations
Debt Ratio
0.31 indicates that the company uses little debt to finance its assets, suggesting good financial stability
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Free Cash Flow

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Earnings Per Share (annual)

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Sales

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