VMC Vulcan Materials Company
Trend channel, buy level and 3-month target. Information only, not financial advice.
Inside the channel · 9-month channel falling
Price is between the lines.
- 9-month channel read from
- US$234.95 – US$358.55 · falling, −19% a year
- 12-month channel
- US$235.07 – US$312.58 · falling, −12% a year
- Price in channel
- 38% (0% = floor, 100% = ceiling)
- Ceiling overhead
- US$312.58
- Turns bearish below
- US$234.95
What broke this trend
- The fall
- -27% from US$328.4210 Feb 2026 → 18 Sept 2026
- Whose problem it was
- Its sector3 of 5 Construction Materials peers fell with it
- Does it resolve?
- Temporary falls like it have resolved on the record
- Regained so far
- 45%of what it lost
- What the record says
- 88% of 1150 comparable falls came back, typically in 65 days measured across every stock we hold history for, its peer group being too small
Fell -27% (10 Feb 2026 → 18 Sept 2026); regained 45% so far; sector-wide.
Reported at the time: Vulcan Materials Increases Quarterly Dividend From $0.49/Share To $0.52/Share — 13 Feb 2026
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
Updated 3:04 AM ET (57 h ago)
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (9 months)
- Lower trend line (9 months)
- The same lines over the last 12 months
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Suggested path
Buy at or below
US$249.50
level as at 2 Dec 2026
Our target
US$286.92
by 4 Nov 2026
Projected move
15.0%
gross, before costs
Price is between our buy and target.
Target: VMC's usual move size (15.0%), the best return per day on this path.
This move size: reached in 30% of 15 past stretches, typically in 56 days. (0.27% per day)
- Upper line touches
- 3
- Lower line touches
- 3
- Fit confidence
- 86%
- Fitted
- 1 Nov 2026
Company information
About Vulcan Materials Company
Vulcan Materials Company, alongside its affiliated entities, stands as a prominent producer and distributor of construction aggregates, primarily operating within the United States. The company's activities are organized into four distinct divisions: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The Aggregates division focuses on providing essential materials like crushed stone, sand, gravel, and other foundational aggregates, along with related services. These products are vital for building and maintaining highways, public infrastructure, residential properties, and various commercial, industrial, and other non-residential structures. Through its Asphalt Mix segment, the firm furnishes asphalt mixture to locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, additionally performing asphalt paving work in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment supplies ready-mixed concrete to customers in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Lastly, the Calcium division is responsible for mining, manufacturing, and marketing calcium products for use in animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. Established in 1909, the corporation, initially known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. before its name change, is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Construction Materials
- CEO
- Ronnie A. Pruitt
- Employees
- 11,548
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own scores from the fundamentals below (not Morningstar ratings).
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$31.63B
- Enterprise value
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- Beta
- 1.05
- Avg volume
- 1.15M
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
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- 52-week range
- 237.03-331.09
- Exchange
- NYSE
Key ratios
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Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted to past swing highs and lows and may not continue. Information only, not financial advice.