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) Gross margin

Vulcan Materials Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.5%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (27.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 21.3% (fiscal 2022) to 27.5% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Building Materials industry median of 27.3% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.1%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 27.4% 0.42
FY2024 27.0% 1.92
FY2023 25.0% 3.75
FY2022 21.3% (3.45)
FY2021 24.7% (1.65)
FY2020 26.4% 0.91
FY2019 25.5% 0.36
FY2018 25.1% (0.42)
FY2017 25.5% (1.99)
FY2016 27.5% 2.47

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 29.0% 4.94
Mar 2026 24.1% (1.39)
Dec 2025 25.5% (4.97)
Sep 2025 30.4% 0.69
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 21.3% High 27.5%
Ten-year median 25.5%
Current reading's percentile 91

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 48.5%
CRH CRH PLC compare 36.3%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 35.9%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 33.6%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 28.2%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 27.5%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 27.0%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 25.2%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 17.8%
Building Materials industry median 27.3%
Basic Materials sector median 25.1%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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