Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: VMC stock price vs GWW: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at GWW's multiple
Needs Annual EPS, GWW P/E.
Implied fair value · at VMC's multiple
Needs Annual EPS, VMC P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Higher is better
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Vulcan Materials CO · implied price per share
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W.W. GRAINGER, INC. · implied price per share
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Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
VMC · not enough data.
GWW · not enough data.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe VMC can sustain its stronger margin profile and revenue growth while narrowing the ROIC gap to GWW, then VMC is worth accumulating because it trades at a lower P/E and EV/EBITDA despite solid quality metrics and 18.0% modeled upside.
VMC trades at 33.1x P/E versus GWW at 39.1x, implying a relative discount on earnings, and the provided implied price of $316.92 suggests 18.0% upside from the current $268.57. However, on sales and enterprise value metrics VMC is not uniformly cheaper, which tempers the valuation signal.
Supporting Metrics
