Vulcan Materials Co. is a supplier of construction aggregates and producer of aggregates-based construction materials. Its segments include Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. Aggregates segment produces and sells aggregates, such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates and related products and services. Asphalt segment produces and sells asphalt mix in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee and Texas and provides asphalt construction paving services in Alabama, Tennessee and Texas. Concrete segment produces and sells ready-mixed concrete in California, Maryland, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia. We show 59 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our VMC shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute VMC market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing VMC market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing VMC's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of VMC versus a peer is one thing; comparing
VMC market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like VMC can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching VMC by allowing them to research the VMC market cap history. |
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