Vulcan Materials Company (VMC)
Basic Materials · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for VMC is $310.40, 20.5% above the last close of $257.63 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $251.57 to $345.18. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E30.4x
- P/E vs sector+28.9%
- P/E vs own-12.5%
- Target upside+20.5%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$33.38B
- FCF yield+3.1%
- Insiders-$4.44M
- Earnings in13d
- News0.00
Why it moved
Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) rose 2.1% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Basic Materials stocks rose 0.2%. Most of the move is specific to VMC.
0 stories on the day (30-day average 0.2).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $257.63 · -12.4% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendbearish
- Sector→ -3.0%
- MAs20▲ 50▼ 100▼ 200▼
- Above MAs1 of 4 above
- MA20×50↑ in ~17d
- RSI59
- Support-2.5%
- Resistance+0.8%
- Off 52w high-21.5%
- Off ATH-21.5%
- 52w range$257.63
- Bollingerabove upper
- MACD2.08
- ATR+2.5%
- Volume1.3x
Analyst price targets
11 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $257.63 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 2 · Buy 14 · Hold 7 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +2.5% year over year, free cash flow 6.9% of revenue, operating margin 19.7%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $2.16B | 2.48 | $150M | 29.0% | 19.7% | 15.0% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $1.76B | 1.26 | $64.6M | 24.1% | 16.8% | 9.4% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $1.91B | 1.91 | $358M | 25.5% | 18.3% | 13.2% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $2.28B | 2.83 | $455M | 30.2% | 23.8% | 16.6% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $2.1B | 2.41 | $239M | 29.7% | 22.4% | 15.3% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $1.63B | 0.97 | $83.5M | 22.3% | 13.9% | 7.9% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $1.85B | 2.21 | $278M | 29.0% | 21.6% | 15.8% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $2B | 1.56 | $498M | 28.2% | 16.8% | 10.4% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $145.47 | -1.5% | -8.4% | +13.0% | 25.3 | $88.12B | |
| 2 |  | $83.63 | +1.6% | -35.6% | +55.3% | 14.7 | $55.64B | |
| 3 |  | $240.54 | -0.1% | -14.5% | +2.2% | 21.8 | $34.48B | |
| 4 | | $257.63 | +2.1% | -21.5% | +20.5% | 30.4 | $33.38B | |
| 5 |  | $500.84 | +2.0% | -29.0% | +28.0% | 12.3 | $30.08B | |
| 6 |  | $107.39 | -0.4% | -16.9% | +20.6% | 15.4 | $23.86B | |
| 7 |  | $90.68 | +0.4% | 0.0% | +4.5% | 84.0 | $23.14B | |
| 8 |  | $72.87 | +0.4% | -11.6% | +12.6% | 16.8 | $14.37B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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