Vulcan Materials had its Relative Strength (RS) Rating upgraded from 69 to 73 Wednesday — a welcome improvement, but still short of the 80 or better score you prefer to see.
This unique rating measures market leadership by using a 1 (worst) to 99 (best) score that shows how a stock's price performance over the last 52 weeks stacks up against all the other stocks in our database.
Decades of market research shows that the best-performing stocks often have an 80 or higher RS Rating in the early stages of their moves. See if Vulcan Materials can continue to show renewed price strength and hit that benchmark.
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The company reported negative growth for both sales and earnings last quarter. The company is expected to report its next quarterly numbers on or around Feb. 18.
Vulcan Materials holds the No. 11 rank among its peers in the Building-Cement/Concrete/Aggregates industry group. U.S. Lime & Minerals, CRH and Summit Materials Cl A are among the top 5 highly rated stocks within the group.
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