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) Return on invested capital

Vulcan Materials Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.17%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.96%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.20% (fiscal 2017) to 8.55% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 6.03% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 7.96% 1.32
FY2024 6.64% (1.91)
FY2023 8.55% 2.98
FY2022 5.57% (0.62)
FY2021 6.19% (0.71)
FY2020 6.90% 0.16
FY2019 6.74% 0.85
FY2018 5.89% 0.69
FY2017 5.20% (1.42)
FY2016 6.62% 1.03

Against its own ten years

Low 5.20% High 8.55%
Ten-year median 6.62%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 33.9%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 11.6%
CRH CRH PLC compare 8.37%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company 8.17%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 6.54%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 5.51%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 4.96%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 4.82%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 3.17%
Building Materials industry median 6.03%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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