Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for VMC in the last 90 days.
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Vulcan Materials (VMC) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$240.83−3.67 (−1.5%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:16 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryVulcan Materials closes at $240.83, down 1.5%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $273.48 and 200-day average of $286.57, with the 50-day below the 200-day. The stock trades near its 52-week low of $240.69, and is down 12.8% over one month, 20.5% over three months, and 17.6% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 74.1, placing VMC in the Buying zone, while price sits 11.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $270.94.
This week's coverage centers on the stock touching a fresh 52-week low near $246.10, a level down 14% over the past year, alongside notes that analysts have revised earnings estimates downward even as the company has maintained its dividend for 56 consecutive years. Other commentary points to Q2 2026 results showing revenue up 2.6% to $2.16 billion and adjusted EPS up 5.7% to $2.59, beating consensus, with continued discussion of the company's aggregates market position and infrastructure demand exposure.
Looking ahead, the next earnings report is set for 29 October 2026, 39 days out, beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter's EPS of $1.35 beat the $1.23 estimate and produced a 3.5% reaction, with 4 beats in the last 8 quarters. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 1.5% gain across 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Among 14 covering firms, 9 rate VMC buy, 4 hold, and 1 sell, with a consensus target of $323.09. One billionaire holder is noted, though no insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the recent window.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $240.83200-day averageGekko Fair Value $270.94
Key stats
- Market cap
- $31.21B
- P/E ratio
- 28.4
- Forward P/E
- 22.7
- EPS, TTM
- $8.48
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.12B
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.83%
- Beta
- 1.05
- Volume
- 2.06M avg 1.05M
- 1-year return
- −17.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.8%
- 50-day average
- $273.48
- 200-day average
- $286.57
- Next earnings
- Oct 29
- Shares outstanding
- 129.6M
Vulcan Materials swing-trade checklist
Vulcan Materials scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive0 mixed1 headwind
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $240.83 is below the 50-day ($273.48) and 200-day ($286.57) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
74.1, Buying
Reading 74.1 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
11.1% below
Price is 11.1% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 39 days
Next report Oct 29, 2026, 39 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+1.5% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.5% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Vulcan Materials stock chart and price history
Vulcan Materials closed at $240.83 on Sep 18, 2026, −17.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $240.69 to $331.09.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −12.8%
- 3 months
- −20.5%
- 6 months
- −6.3%
- 1 year
- −17.6%
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About Vulcan Materials
Vulcan Materials produces and supplies construction aggregates such as crushed stone, sand, and gravel across the United States, along with related services. These materials are used in building and maintaining highways, public infrastructure, homes, and commercial and industrial structures, and this aggregates work forms the core of what the company is known for.
The business operates through four divisions. Beyond aggregates, its asphalt operations supply asphalt mixture and paving work to customers in a handful of states including Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas. Its concrete division delivers ready-mixed concrete to customers spanning California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C. A separate calcium division mines, manufactures, and markets calcium products used in animal feed, plastics, and water treatment.
Vulcan Materials was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker VMC.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Construction materials
- Website
- vulcanmaterials.com
Vulcan Materials GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Vulcan Materials’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 74.1, in the Buying zone, up 3.9 points over five sessions.
74.1Buying
Up 3.9 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 33 | −0.1% | +5.9% | ||
| Accumulation | 210 | +0.2% | +2.2% | ||
| Neutral | 386 | +0.1% | −0.5% | ||
| Distribution | 32 | +0.7% | +1.4% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average VMC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Vulcan Materials stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Vulcan Materials trades 11.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $270.94, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Vulcan Materials shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$270.94
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
11.1% Undervalued
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Vulcan Materials insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Vulcan Materials, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in VMC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Vulcan Materials has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $250.3M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.80%
- Trailing four quarters
- $804.0M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds VMC.
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Vulcan Materials earnings: next date and track record
Vulcan Materials reports on Oct 29, 2026 (39 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 29, 2026
39 days away
- EPS estimate
- $3.04
- Revenue estimate
- $2.28B
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.5%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Apr 29, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Vulcan Materials reported Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA of $447 million, up 9% year-over-year, with gross profit margin expansion across all segments. Aggregate shipments grew 5% due to improving demand and favorable weather. Mix-adjusted freight-adjusted pricing improved 4%, with trailing 12-month aggregate cash gross profit per ton at $11.38, targeting $20 per ton. Highway awards in VMC markets are up 12% and public infrastructure awards up 17% year-over-year.
- Guidance
- Management expects overall aggregate shipment growth in 2026, supported by strong public infrastructure activity and improving private non-residential demand. Midyear price increases are already under discussion. Several bolt-on acquisitions expected to finalize in coming months.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.35 est $1.23 | $1.76B est $1.64B | +3.5% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $1.70 est $2.11 | $1.91B est $1.96B | −8.6% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $2.84 est $2.65 | $2.28B est $2.27B | −1.9% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $2.45 est $2.53 | $2.10B est $2.20B | +0.8% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.00 est $0.76 | $1.63B est $1.65B | +7.5% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $2.17 est $1.85 | $1.85B est $1.81B | −2.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $2.22 est $2.32 | $2.00B est $2.00B | +5.5% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | $2.35 est $2.48 | $2.01B est $2.03B | −6.3% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Vulcan Materials stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Vulcan Materials is $323.09, +34.2% from the last close, from 14 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$323.09consensus 12-month target, +34.2% from the last close
Now $240.83Avg $323.09
Low $254High $350
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 14 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | Oppenheimer | — | — |
| Sep 9 | Wells Fargo | $254 | +5.5% |
| Sep 4 | Stifel Nicolaus | $333 | +38.3% |
| Sep 2 | J.P. Morgan | $320 | +32.9% |
| Aug 25 | D.A. Davidson | $330 | +37.0% |
+5.9%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+1.5%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.7%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Vulcan Materials seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Vulcan Materials averaged +1.5% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −0.9% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.1% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, VMC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.8%.
Vulcan Materials market cap and key statistics
Vulcan Materials’s market cap is $31.21B, with a P/E ratio of 28.4 and revenue of $8.12B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $31.21B
- P/E ratio
- 28.4
- Forward P/E
- 22.7
- EPS, TTM
- $8.48
- Gekko Fair Value
- $270.94
Trading
- Volume
- 2.06M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.05M
- 52-week high
- $331.09
- 52-week low
- $240.69
- Shares outstanding
- 129.6M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.12B
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Return on equity
- 13.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +2.7%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.05
- Typical daily move
- ±2.7%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.83%
Vulcan Materials stock news this week
Coverage of Vulcan Materials this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Vulcan Materials stock hits 52-week low at 246.1 USD By Investing.comInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 17
- Vulcan Materials stock hits 52-week low at 246.1 USDInvesting.com, Sep 16
- Vulcan Materials: Sell-Off Creates Renewed OpportunitySeeking Alpha, Sep 16
- Vulcan Materials Company: Clear Path To Doubling EBITDASeeking Alpha, Sep 15
- Vulcan Infrastructure and Power to Participate in iAccess Alpha Virtual Best Ideas Fall Investment ConferenceACCESS Newswire, Sep 14
Vulcan Materials peers
Vulcan Materials’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| CRHCRH | Accumulation | 29.7% below |
| MLMMartin Marietta Materials | Accumulation | 10.1% below |
| AMRZAmrize | Buying | 36.2% below |
| JHXJames Hardie Industries | Buying | 9.2% below |
| ACAArcosa | Neutral | 24.7% above |
| EXPEagle Materials | Buying | 8.1% below |
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Vulcan Materials stock FAQ
What is Vulcan Materials’s market cap?
Vulcan Materials’s market cap is $31.21B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $240.83, with 129.6M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 28.4.
What is the Vulcan Materials stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Vulcan Materials is $323.09, +34.2% from the last close. Of the 14 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 9 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Vulcan Materials stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Vulcan Materials is undervalued: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $240.83 is 11.1% below Gekko Fair Value of $270.94. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Vulcan Materials report earnings next?
Vulcan Materials is expected to report on Oct 29, 2026 (39 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $3.04 per share on revenue of $2.28B. Vulcan Materials beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.5% on average across the report.
What is Vulcan Materials’s 52-week high and low?
Vulcan Materials’s 52-week high is $331.09 and its 52-week low is $240.69; it closed at $240.83 on Sep 18, 2026, −17.6% over the past year.
Is Vulcan Materials stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, earnings risk and seasonality) and 1 as a headwind (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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