Vulcan Materials Dividend yield

Vulcan Materials is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Vulcan Materials is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Vulcan Materials paid a total dividend of 213 million USD last year, for a market value of 24,432 millions (Market Cap 24,236 millions). Dividend per share of Vulcan Materials is 1.60 USD, and his stock market price 183.70 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Vulcan Materials has a dividend yield of 0.87%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Vulcan Materials dividend yield with other Construction and Materials companies or firms from USA.

Vulcan Materials Dividend Payout

About the ability of Vulcan Materials to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.60 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.87%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Vulcan Materials payout on ernings is currently 28.73%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 38.25% and 34.62% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Vulcan Materialscan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Vulcan Materials is USD 7.62 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.60, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Vulcan Materials, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Vulcan Materials Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.87%	1.60	28.73%	133
2021	0.71%	1.47	30.88%	133
2020	0.92%	1.36	27.31%	132
2019	0.86%	1.24	29.74%	132
2018	1.13%	1.12	45.16%	132
2017	0.78%	1.00	30.21%	132
2016	0.64%	0.80	44.94%	133
2015	0.39%	0.40	24.54%	133

*In millions

Vulcan Materials Stock performance

Finally, last moth Vulcan Materials showed a return of 1.20% compared to a worldwide 1.12% average, and a 1.26% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 8.90% versus a worldwide performance of a 5.73%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Construction and Materials firms.