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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 2.54%, EPS grew 2.47%, free cash flow fell 30.9% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for three consecutive years.
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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
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Annual newest first
| 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 newest first
| 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 | Free account |
Against its own ten years
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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