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) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) trades at a P/E ratio of 28.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.5× (October 2018) to 118× (September 2015); the current reading is higher than 14% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 17.2× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 20.6×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 35.0× (6.24%)
FY2024 37.3× 17.04%
FY2023 31.9× (21.68%)
FY2022 40.7× (1.06%)
FY2021 41.1× 21.95%
FY2020 33.7× 9.32%
FY2019 30.8× 21.71%
FY2018 25.3× (12.78%)
FY2017 29.0× (30.79%)
FY2016 42.0× (26.65%)

Quarterly

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 34.6× 7.58%
Mar 2026 32.2× (7.92%)
Dec 2025 35.0× (3.87%)
Sep 2025 36.4× 0.24%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 15.5× High 118×
Ten-year median 36.7×
Current reading's percentile 14

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 11.9×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 14.1×
CRH CRH PLC compare 14.9×
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 17.5×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 22.1×
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 23.8×
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 27.7×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 28.8×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 104×
Building Materials industry median 17.2×
Basic Materials sector median 20.6×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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