The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Vulcan Materials Co shares valued at $19,778,209 were sold by Hill J Thomas on May 19 ’25. At $275.77 per share, Hill J Thomas sold 71,721 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Hill J Thomas sold 15,832 shares, netting a total of over 4,324,834 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $273.17 each, the insider now holds 7,421 shares.
Before that, JAMES THOMAS HILL had added 15,832 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $4,324,859, the Officer bought Vulcan Materials Co shares for $273.17 each.
As published in a research note from UBS on May 16, 2025, Vulcan Materials Co [VMC] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $318. Analysts at Wolfe Research upgraded the stock from ‘”a Peer perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of April 07, 2025, UBS has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for VMC. Earlier on March 19, 2025, JP Morgan upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for VMC stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing VMC Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Vulcan Materials Co [NYSE: VMC] plunged -3.72% to $254.64. The stock’s lowest price that day was $254.21, but it reached a high of $265.565 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.70%. Over the course of the year, Vulcan Materials Co shares have jumped approximately 2.76%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $280.33 on 02/18/25 and a 52-week low of $215.08 on 03/10/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Vulcan Materials Co (VMC)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 250.71, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 246.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 262.07. The next price resistance is at 269.49. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 41.19 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Vulcan Materials Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Vulcan Materials Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.24 million shares to 3.08 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 3.32 million shares. A decline of -7.67% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.67 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.67.
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In terms of Vulcan Materials Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 301 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.81% from the previous closing price of $264.48. Analysts anticipate Vulcan Materials Co stock to reach 318 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 269. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked Vulcan Materials Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On March 04, 2025, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $287.
