Vulcan Materials supplies construction aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel), a producer of asphalt mix and ready-mixed concrete, and a supplier of construction paving services. Co.'s products are the indispensable materials building homes, offices, places of worship, schools, hospitals and factories. Co.'s operating segments include: Aggregates, which produces and sells aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates) and related products and services; Asphalt, which produces and sells asphalt mix and includes asphalt construction paving; Concrete, which produces and sells ready-mixed concrete; and Calcium, which mines, produces and sells calcium products. We show 56 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 Vulcan Materials market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Vulcan Materials'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 Vulcan Materials versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Vulcan Materials 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 Vulcan Materials can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Vulcan Materials by allowing them to research the Vulcan Materials market cap history. |
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