VULCAN MATERIALS CO (VMC) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:VMC - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US9291601097 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall VMC gets a technical rating of 2 out of 10. VMC has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
The short term trend is neutral, while the long term trend is still negative. We need to see a little more continued positive action to make this really interesting.
In the last month VMC has a been trading in the 218.87 - 247.88 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the high of this range.
VMC has an average volume of 1327240 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, VMC turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 41% of all stocks.
VMC is an average performer in the Construction Materials industry, it outperforms 63% of 12 stocks in the same industry.
VMC is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. This is in line with the S&P500 Index, which is also trading in the middle of its range.
VMC has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 243.61. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point. There is a support zone below the current price at 223.20, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. We notice that large players showed an interest for VMC in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
218.68
280.33
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 220.89 to 223.20. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
3 important resistance areas can be observed.
- A resistance zone ranging from 243.61 to 245.06. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 260.41 to 261.43. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @277.55 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS41.62
Mansfield0.11
10 Day High247.88
10 Day Low218.87
20 Day High247.88
20 Day Low218.87
52 Week High298.31
52 Week Low215.08
Performance
1 Week2.7%
2 Weeks2%
1 Month1.34%
3 Month-10.43%
6 Month-7.56%
12 Month-4.02%
2 Year38.15%
3 Year40.42%
5 Year114.15%
10 Year182.89%
15 Year322.36%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)1.56
RSI(14)52.92
LBB226.35
UBB248.15
241.93
+1.38 (+0.57%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorMaterials
GICS IndustryConstruction Materials
Performance
% Chg0.57%
1 Week2.7%
2 Weeks2%
1 Month1.34%
3 Month-10.43%
6 Month-7.56%
12 Month-4.02%
2 Year38.15%
3 Year40.42%
5 Year114.15%
10 Year182.89%
15 Year322.36%
Volatility
ATR(14)10.75
ATR(20)%3.89%
ATR Inc-48.22%
Range Today4.68
ADR(20)9.04
ADR(20)%3.74%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS41.62
Mansfield0.11
10 Day High247.88
10 Day Low218.87
20 Day High247.88
20 Day Low218.87
52 Week High298.31
52 Week Low215.08
CS1 End223.2
CR1 Start243.61
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.21%
DER(5)3.44%
Volume643.40K
Volume Incr-36.42%
Vol(5)943.46K
Vol(50)1.33M