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) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) trades at a price to free cash flow of 30.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.3× (March 2020) to 247× (September 2015); the current reading is higher than 15% of that period. That is in line with the Building Materials industry median of 30.3× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 18.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 32.5× (17.86%)
FY2024 39.5× 0.87%
FY2023 39.2× (3.90%)
FY2022 40.8× 14.96%
FY2021 35.5× 29.82%
FY2020 27.3× (10.68%)
FY2019 30.6× (9.75%)
FY2018 33.9× (61.04%)
FY2017 87.0× 66.50%
FY2016 52.2× (1.50%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 36.5× 15.20%
Mar 2026 31.7× (2.53%)
Dec 2025 32.5× (9.96%)
Sep 2025 36.1× 22.21%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.3× High 247×
Ten-year median 41.5×
Current reading's percentile 15

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 15.6×
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 16.2×
CRH CRH PLC compare 18.2×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 30.3×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 32.4×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 32.6×
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 34.7×
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 35.9×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 48.5×
Building Materials industry median 30.3×
Basic Materials sector median 18.6×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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