Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC): Price and Financial Metrics

VMC POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where VMC ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 65.88% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for VMC is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• VMC's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 4.54% of US stocks).

VMC Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $25,407,145,976, Vulcan Materials CO has a greater market value than 89.75% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Vulcan Materials CO's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 98.91% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for Vulcan Materials CO is higher than it is for about 93.29% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Vulcan Materials CO are YUM, GRIN, TROX, CMP, and GLDD.
• Visit VMC's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.vulcanmaterials.com.

VMC Valuation Summary

• VMC's price/earnings ratio is 35.7; this is 79.4% higher than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• VMC's price/earnings ratio has moved up 14.3 over the prior 243 months.
• VMC's price/sales ratio has moved up 3.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for VMC.

VMC Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 62.4%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at 25.89%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -18.25%.

VMC's revenue has moved up $1,027,294,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows VMC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	5,552.2	1,011.9	670.8
2021-09-30	5,121.016	1,017.249	647.382
2021-06-30	4,914.4	1,042.641	670.264
2021-03-31	4,875.928	1,157.146	684.836
2020-12-31	4,856.826	1,070.359	584.48
2020-09-30	4,867.859	1,115.919	611.055

VMC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• VMC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 76.37% of graded US stocks.
• VMC's asset turnover comes in at 0.426 -- ranking 18th of 42 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
• CLF, SCCO, and USLM are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with VMC.

The table below shows VMC's key quality metrics over time.