Vulcan Materials Company

VMC US Materials Construction Materials
S&P 500
$252.74
+0.85%
Delayed · cached 15 min
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Strengths

  • Moderate debt: debt-to-equity of 0.52.
  • Comfortable interest cover: operating profit covers interest about 6.8 times.
  • Return on equity is moderate at 12.7%.
  • Return on capital employed is moderate at 10.3%.
  • Net profit margin is 13.6%.
  • Current assets comfortably cover current liabilities (current ratio 2.69).
  • Has paid a dividend in each of the last 5 years on record.

!Watch-points

No notable watch-points flagged by the automated checks.

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Forensic Checks

Altman Z-ScoreSafe zone
3.85

In Altman’s original study, companies in this range showed a low incidence of financial distress.

Piotroski F-ScoreStrong
8 / 8

The F-Score adds one point for each of several year-on-year signs of improving profitability, lower leverage and better efficiency. Higher is generally stronger.

Based on 8 of the 9 signals — the rest need data not available for this stock.

These are well-known academic screening models, shown for educational context only. They describe historical financial patterns and are not predictions, advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.

Key Ratios

Market Cap$32.75B
Current Price$ 252.74
High / Low$ 331.09 / 246.20
Stock P/E29.769142
Book Value$ 64.42
Dividend Yield0.81%
ROCE10.30%
ROE12.74%
Debt to Equity0.52
Current Ratio2.69
P/B Ratio3.8636398
EPS$ 8.11
Debt$4.36B
PAT Margin13.56%
Cash PAT$1.83B
ICR6.76
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