Truist Financial analyst Keith Hughes maintained a Buy rating on Vulcan Materials (VMC – Research Report) today. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $264.44.
According to TipRanks, Hughes is a top 100 analyst with an average return of 23.4% and a 66.21% success rate. Hughes covers the Industrials sector, focusing on stocks such as Masco, Armstrong World, and Owens Corning.
In addition to Truist Financial, Vulcan Materials also received a Buy from Goldman Sachs’s Jerry Revich in a report issued on May 3. However, on May 2, RBC Capital maintained a Hold rating on Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC).
VMC market cap is currently $34.97B and has a P/E ratio of 38.60.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 42 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of VMC in relation to earlier this year.
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Vulcan Materials (VMC) Company Description:
Vulcan Materials Co. engages in the provision of basic materials and supply for infrastructure and construction industry. It operates through the following business segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete and Calcium. The Aggregates segment produces and sells asphalt mix and ready-mixed concrete primarily in its mid-Atlantic, Georgia, Southwestern, Tennessee and Western markets. The Asphalt segment produces and sells asphalt mix in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment produces and sells ready-mixed concrete in California, Georgia, Maryland, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and the Bahamas. The Calcium segment produces calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries with calcium carbonate material mined at the Brooksville quarry. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.
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