Vulcan Materials Company VMC

245.00 3.30 1.37% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$31.3B
P/E
28.8×
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Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) Debt to equity

Vulcan Materials Company's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.5×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.4× (fiscal 2016) to 0.7× (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Building Materials industry median of 0.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.5× (21.71%)
FY2024 0.7× 26.20%
FY2023 0.5× (7.35%)
FY2022 0.6× (5.64%)
FY2021 0.6× 8.30%
FY2020 0.5× 10.14%
FY2019 0.5× (7.28%)
FY2018 0.5× (7.01%)
FY2017 0.6× 32.46%
FY2016 0.4× (2.45%)

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.5× (0.14%)
Mar 2026 0.5× 0.88%
Dec 2025 0.5× 2.47%
Sep 2025 0.5× (3.71%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.4× High 0.7×
Ten-year median 0.5×
Current reading's percentile 36

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 0.0×
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 0.4×
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 0.5×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 0.5×
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 0.5×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 0.7×
CRH CRH PLC compare 0.7×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 1.0×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 1.2×
Building Materials industry median 0.5×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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