Vulcan Materials Company Stock Forecast

Buy or Hold candidate since Apr 22, 2025 Gain 12.08%

The Vulcan Materials Company stock price gained 0.451% on the last trading day (Friday, 9th May 2025), rising from $268.42 to $269.63. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 1.17% from a day low at $266.90 to a day high of $270.03. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 9.14% over the past 2 weeks. Volume fell on the last day by -89 thousand shares and in total, 405 thousand shares were bought and sold for approximately $109.19 million. You should take into consideration that falling volume on higher prices causes divergence and may be an early warning about possible changes over the next couple of days.

The stockis at the upper part of a wide and horizontal trend and normally this may pose a good selling opportunity but a break-up through the top trend line at $270.10 will give a strong buy signal and a trend shift could be expected. Given the current horizontal trend, you can expect Vulcan Materials Company stock with a 90% probability to be traded between $222.28 and $271.00 at the end of this 3-month period. A break of a horizontal trend is often followed by a large increase in the volume, and stock seldom manage to go directly from the bottom of a trend up to the top. Stock turning up in the middle of a horizontal trend are therefore considered to be potential runners.

VMC Signals & Forecast

The Vulcan Materials Company stock holds buy signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a positive forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general buy signal from the relation between the two signals where the short-term average is above the long-term average. On corrections down, there will be some support from the lines at $267.41 and $245.30. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals. Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Volume fell during the last trading day despite gaining prices. This causes a divergence between volume and price and it may be an early warning. The stock should be watched closely. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Monday, May 05, 2025, and so far it has fallen -0.152%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found.

Support, Risk & Stop-loss for Vulcan Materials Company stock

On the downside, the stock finds support just below today's level from accumulated volume at $230.74 and $221.34. There is a natural risk involved when a stock is testing a support level, since if this is broken, the stock then may fall to the next support level. In this case, Vulcan Materials Company finds support just below today's level at $230.74. If this is broken, then the next support from accumulated volume will be at $221.34 and $220.90.

This stock has average movements during the day and with good trading volume, the risk is considered to be medium. During the last day, the stock moved $3.13 between high and low, or 1.17%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 1.62%.

The Vulcan Materials Company stock is overbought on RSI14 and lies in the upper part of the trend. Normally this may pose a good selling opportunity for the short-term trader, but some stock may go long and hard while being overbought and the RSI is still moving upwards. Regardless, the high RSI together with the trend position increases the risk and higher daily movements (volatility) should be expected. A correction down in the nearby future seems very likely, and it is of great importance that the stock manages to break the trend before that occurs.

Our recommended stop-loss: $261.90 (-2.87%) (This stock has medium daily movements and this gives medium risk. The RSI14 is 84 and this increases the risk substantially. There is a sell signal from a pivot top found 4 days ago.)

Trading Expectations (VMC) For The Upcoming Trading Day Of Monday 12th

For the upcoming trading day on Monday, 12th we expect Vulcan Materials Company to open at $268.85, and during the day (based on 14 day Average True Range), to move between $262.66 and $276.60, which gives a possible trading interval of +/-$6.97 (+/-2.58%) up or down from last closing price. If Vulcan Materials Company takes out the full calculated possible swing range there will be an estimated 5.17% move between the lowest and the highest trading price during the day.

Since the stock is closer to the resistance from accumulated volume at $270.04 (0.15%) than the support at $230.74 (14.42%), our systems don't find the trading risk/reward intra-day attractive and any bets should be held until the stock is closer to the support level.

Is Vulcan Materials Company stock A Buy?

Vulcan Materials Company holds several positive signals, but we still don't find these to be enough for a buy candidate. At the current level, it should be considered as a hold candidate (hold or accumulate) in this position whilst awaiting further development.

Current score: 0.628 Hold/Accumulate Unchanged

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Predicted Fair Opening Price

Predicted fair opening price on May 12, 2025 - $268.85 ( 0.288%).