Vulcan Materials Company

VMC Basic Materials Building Materials

Vulcan Materials Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.9 billion, up 7.06% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−4.67%
EPS
−1.02%
Free cash flow
−54.2%
Total debt
+0.11%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

283.08 2.43 −0.85%
Market cap
$36.6B
P/E
33.5×
Fwd P/E
32.4×
Dividend yield
0.72%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
4.15
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
80/100

Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) Free cash flow margin

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Vulcan Materials Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.0%, down 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.16% (fiscal 2017) to 14.8% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 7.85% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.6% 3.00
FY2024 11.6% 1.85
FY2023 9.75% 1.90
FY2022 7.85% (6.15)
FY2021 14.0% (0.82)
FY2020 14.8% 2.19
FY2019 12.6% 3.83
FY2018 8.80% 3.64
FY2017 5.16% (3.68)
FY2016 8.84% 1.87

Against its own ten years

Low 5.16% High 14.8%
Ten-year median 9.75%
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 26.0%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 12.1%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 10.0%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 9.10%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 8.59%
CRH CRH PLC compare 7.22%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 6.65%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 0.30%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 0.00%
Building Materials industry median 7.85%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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