Technical Analysis for VMC - Vulcan Materials Company (Holding Company)

Grade Last Price % Change Price Change
B 255.77 0.67% 1.69
VMC closed up 0.67 percent on Friday, May 31, 2024, on 2.29 times normal volume. The price action carved out a bullish hammer (or hammer-like) candlestick pattern. That may indicate an upside reversal. Look for price to trade above the high of the hammer for confirmation. Note that the stock is in oversold territory based on its Slow Stochastic indicator (14, 3, 3) -- so don't be surprised if it goes sideways or bounces.
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Date Alert Name Type % Chg
Hammer Candlestick Bullish 0.00%
Stochastic Buy Signal Bullish 0.00%
Pocket Pivot Bullish Swing Setup 0.00%
Wide Range Bar Range Expansion 0.00%
Multiple of Ten Bullish Other 0.00%
Outside Day Range Expansion 0.00%
Lower Bollinger Band Touch Weakness 0.00%
Oversold Stochastic Weakness 0.00%
Oversold Stochastic Weakness 0.67%
NR7 Range Contraction 1.53%

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Vulcan Materials Company (Holding Company) Description

Vulcan Materials Company engages in the production and sale of construction aggregates, as well as asphalt mix, ready-mixed concrete, and cement primarily in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Aggregates, Concrete, Asphalt Mix, and Cement. The Aggregates segment offers crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates, as well as related products and services. Its aggregates are used in public- and private-sector construction projects, including highways, airports, water and sewer systems, industrial manufacturing facilities, and residential and nonresidential buildings, as well as railroad track ballast. The Concrete segment produces and sells ready-mixed concrete in California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and the District of Columbia; and other concrete products, such as blocks, as well as resells purchased building materials for use with ready-mixed concrete and concrete blocks. The Asphalt Mix segment offers asphalt mix in Arizona, California, and Texas. The Cement segment provides Portland and masonry cement in bulk and bags to the concrete products industry. It also imports and exports cement, clinker, and slag, as well as resells, grinds, blends, bags, or reprocess them. In addition, this segment mines, produces, and sells calcium products for the animal feed, paint, plastics, water treatment, and joint compound industries. Vulcan Materials Company, formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc., was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.


Classification

Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Building Materials
Keywords: S&P 500 Construction Plastic Building Materials Airport Cement Paint Animal Feed Concrete Manufacturing Facilities Gravel Asphalt Industrial Manufacturing Pavements Crushed Stone Masonry Concrete Products Freemasonry Construction Aggregate Joint Compound

Is VMC a Buy, Sell or Hold?

Indicator Bull Case Neutral / Hold Bear Case
50 DMA
200 DMA
ADX Trend
Oversold / Overbought
Relative Strength

Indicators

Indicator Value
52 Week High 276.0923
52 Week Low 189.4498
Average Volume 657,730
200-Day Moving Average 232.78
50-Day Moving Average 263.22
20-Day Moving Average 262.32
10-Day Moving Average 257.27
Average True Range 5.33
RSI (14) 43.18
ADX 22.86
+DI 12.22
-DI 30.32
Chandelier Exit (Long, 3 ATRs) 257.67
Chandelier Exit (Short, 3 ATRs) 261.39
Upper Bollinger Bands 274.29
Lower Bollinger Band 250.35
Percent B (%b) 0.23
BandWidth 9.12
MACD Line -2.26
MACD Signal Line -1.16
MACD Histogram -1.1043
Fundamentals Value
Market Cap 33.98 Billion
Num Shares 133 Million
EPS 6.24
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio 40.99
Price-to-Sales 4.15
Price-to-Book 4.29
PEG Ratio 1.74
Dividend 1.69
Dividend Yield 0.66%
Pivot Point Level Traditional / Classic Fibonacci Demark Woodie Camarilla
Resistance 4 (R4) 272.20
Resistance 3 (R3) 270.57 263.46 269.46
Resistance 2 (R2) 263.46 259.28 264.28 268.54
Resistance 1 (R1) 259.62 256.70 261.54 261.25 267.63
Pivot Point 252.51 252.51 253.48 253.33 252.51
Support 1 (S1) 248.67 248.33 250.59 250.30 243.91
Support 2 (S2) 241.56 245.75 242.38 243.00
Support 3 (S3) 237.72 241.56 242.08
Support 4 (S4) 239.35