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.

257.18 4.78 +1.89%
Market cap
$32.7B
P/E
30.2×
Fwd P/E
30.5×
Dividend yield
0.80%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
4.15
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
80/100

Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) trades at a price to free cash flow of 31.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.3× (March 2020) to 247× (September 2015); the current reading is higher than 20% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 28.7× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 18.4×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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 20

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 15.4×
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 17.1×
CRH CRH PLC compare 17.9×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 30.8×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 31.8×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 32.3×
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 33.0×
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 37.2×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 44.9×
Building Materials industry median 28.7×
Basic Materials sector median 18.4×
Market median 14.2×

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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