Ratings Vulcan Materials Company

Equities

VMC

US9291601097

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Apr. 18	Jefferies Adjusts Price Target on Vulcan Materials to $319 From $298	MT
Apr. 17	Stephens Raises Price Target for Vulcan Materials Company to $300 from $290	MT

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
The group's high margin levels account for strong profits.
For the last twelve months, analysts have been gradually revising upwards their EPS forecast for the upcoming fiscal year.
For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.

Weaknesses

With an expected P/E ratio at 29.49 and 25.48 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
The company's enterprise value to sales, at 4.58 times its current sales, is high.
The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
The company's sales previsions for the coming years have been revised downwards, which foreshadows another slowdown in business.
The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.

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Sector: Construction Materials

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