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) Operating margin

Vulcan Materials Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.3%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.0% (fiscal 2022) to 20.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 13.9% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 20.4% 2.00
FY2024 18.4% 0.06
FY2023 18.3% 5.33
FY2022 13.0% (5.20)
FY2021 18.2% (0.23)
FY2020 18.4% 0.64
FY2019 17.8% 0.74
FY2018 17.1% 0.63
FY2017 16.4% (2.11)
FY2016 18.5% 2.47

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 21.1% 6.02
Mar 2026 15.1% (4.71)
Dec 2025 19.8% (3.88)
Sep 2025 23.7% 1.30
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.0% High 20.4%
Ten-year median 18.2%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 42.1%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 24.0%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 20.6%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 20.3%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 15.6%
CRH CRH PLC compare 13.9%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 9.73%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 8.32%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 8.07%
Building Materials industry median 13.9%
Basic Materials sector median 0.82%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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