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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 15.03
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 6 2 — 1 — — — 1 — 2 — —
Insider Ownership 0.41%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 32,710.00
Revenue 8,115.80
Net Income 1,118.20
Free Cash Flow 1,050.20
Net Debt 4,075.60
Current Ratio 1.76 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.51
P/E ratio 30.19
Fwd P/E 30.50
P/S ratio 4.11
P/B ratio 3.93
Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.06%
This Y EPS Growth 11.19%
Next Y EPS Growth 15.40% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 2.78%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 13.60%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 19.24%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 47.36%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 70.70%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 45.23%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 20.60%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.24
Annual Dividend Rate 2.05
Annual Dividend Yield 0.80%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.10
0.52
0.52
0.52
2025 1.96
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
2024 1.84
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
2023 1.72
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.43
2022 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2021 1.48
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
2.00
2020 1.36
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.34
2019 1.24
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.31
2018 1.12
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.28
2017 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2016 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 949 601 189 289
Receivables 890 892 888 1,100
Inventory 616 682 681 689
Other 70 91 810 86
2,525 2,266 2,568 2,164
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 390 407 439 382
ST’ Debt 1 401 0 400
Other 238 276 362 449
798 1,239 956 1,231

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.78% 10.33% 2.77%
Cash Flow 13.31% 11.11% 16.45%
Earnings 17.15% 13.00% 23.21%
Book Value 6.74% 7.24% 7.13%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,756 2,156 — — —
’25 1,635 2,102 2,292 1,913 7,941
’24 1,546 2,014 2,004 1,854 7,418
’23 1,649 2,113 2,186 1,834 7,782
’22 1,541 1,954 2,088 1,732 7,315
’21 1,068 1,361 1,517 1,606 5,552
’20 1,049 1,323 1,310 1,175 4,857
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 241 344 — — —
’25 252 342 677 543 1,813
’24 173 201 595 440 1,410
’23 221 286 548 482 1,537
’22 176 150 423 400 1,148
’21 169 229 327 287 1,012
’20 82 343 352 292 1,070
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 66 166 — — —
’25 101 240 459 359 1,159
’24 22 12 500 327 861
’23 29 144 242 344 759
’22 21 24 291 239 574
’21 255 141 202 179 777
’20 (58) 263 313 201 720
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.26 2.48 — — —
’25 0.97 2.42 2.82 1.91 8.11
’24 0.77 2.31 1.56 2.21 6.85
’23 0.90 2.31 2.07 1.70 6.98
’22 0.69 1.40 1.33 0.89 4.31
’21 1.20 1.46 1.32 1.03 5.02
’20 0.45 1.58 1.50 0.86 4.39
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 78.83 108.95 82.52 95.31 65.56 143.10 137.54 159.76 218.37 215.08

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 138.18 136.82 141.20 152.49 153.88 210.25 213.65 229.75 298.31 311.74
People
People Employees 7,149 8,287 8,782 9,173 8,431 11,912 11,397 10,382 11,436 11,172
Revenue/emp, $m 0.50 0.47 0.50 0.54 0.58 0.47 0.64 0.75 0.65 0.71
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,593 3,890 4,383 4,929 4,857 5,552 7,315 7,782 7,418 7,941
Gross margin, % 27.53 25.54 25.12 25.48 26.39 24.74 21.29 25.04 26.96 27.38
EBT 547 361 623 758 744 874 788 1,245 1,172 1,390
EBT margin, % 15.23 9.29 14.22 15.37 15.31 15.74 10.77 16.00 15.80 17.51
Net income 419 601 516 618 585 670 577 935 913 1,078
Depreciation 285 306 346 375 397 468 655 645 719 749
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 26.97 29.36 33.11 37.26 36.63 41.81 55.00 58.51 56.07 60.16
Earnings 3.15 4.54 3.90 4.67 4.41 5.05 4.33 7.02 6.89 8.16
Cash flow 4.84 4.87 6.29 7.44 8.07 7.62 8.63 11.55 10.65 13.73
Capex (2.45) (3.35) (3.38) (2.73) (2.64) (1.77) (4.31) (5.85) (4.15) (4.95)
Free cash flow 2.39 1.52 2.91 4.71 5.43 5.85 4.32 5.71 6.51 8.78
Book value 34.33 37.50 39.30 42.49 45.45 49.46 52.27 56.45 61.55 64.76
Shares, m 133 133 132 132 133 133 133 133 132 132
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 41.97 29.05 25.33 30.83 33.71 41.11 40.67 31.85 37.28 34.95
P/S 4.62 4.49 2.98 3.86 4.05 4.97 3.20 3.82 4.59 4.74
P/B 3.63 3.52 2.51 3.39 3.26 4.20 3.37 3.96 4.18 4.40
EV/Sales 5.10 5.19 3.61 4.37 4.48 5.62 3.71 4.20 5.22 5.27
EV/FCF 57.65 100.48 40.98 34.62 30.23 40.16 47.25 43.05 45.00 36.07
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 645 645 833 984 1,070 1,012 1,148 1,537 1,410 1,813
Capex (327) (444) (447) (361) (351) (235) (574) (778) (549) (654)
Free cash flow 318 201 386 623 720 777 574 759 861 1,159
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 765 737 477 844 1,229 927 945 1,727 1,027 1,612
Total debt 1,983 2,855 2,779 2,784 3,288 3,880 3,876 3,878 5,307 4,362
Net debt 1,715 2,708 2,735 2,510 2,090 3,639 3,714 2,929 4,707 4,173
Shareholders’ equity 4,572 4,969 5,203 5,622 6,027 6,568 6,952 7,508 8,143 8,549
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.00 6.69 5.33 6.03 5.23 5.29 4.12 6.48 5.76 6.37
ROIC 6.62 5.20 5.89 6.74 6.90 6.19 5.57 8.55 6.64 7.96
ROE 9.29 12.60 10.14 11.41 10.04 10.65 8.51 12.91 11.65 12.90
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Vulcan Materials Company vs peers in Building Materials (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CRH CRH PLC $54.8B 14.6× 17.7× +5.59% (above 0%: growing) +13.85% (above 0%: growing) −25.90% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.84% 18.81% Compare
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. $34.9B 12.3× 30.7× +21.01% (above 0%: growing) −23.16% (below 0%: shrinking) −107.69% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.42% 19.11% Compare
VMC Vulcan Materials Company $32.7B 30.2× 30.5× +2.54% (above 0%: growing) +2.47% (above 0%: growing) −30.88% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.01% 21.13%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd $20.4B 17.3× 20.6× +8.58% (above 0%: growing) +11.54% (above 0%: growing) −4.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.42% 20.32% Compare
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. $15.2B 29.3× 12.1× +12.24% (above 0%: growing) +9.09% (above 0%: growing) −33.65% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.22% 13.74% Compare
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. $15.0B 103× 22.4× +63.86% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) +145.13% (above 0%: growing) 37.21% 14.76% Compare
EXP Eagle Materials Inc $5.2B 13.4× 16.3× +2.56% (above 0%: growing) −12.70% (below 0%: shrinking) −44.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.77% 22.10% Compare
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. $3.1B 22.6× 24.3× +8.31% (above 0%: growing) +11.11% (above 0%: growing) +0.98% (above 0%: growing) 47.13% 41.01% Compare
KNF Knife River Corporation $2.8B 20.4× 22.4× +12.57% (above 0%: growing) −13.48% (below 0%: shrinking) +19.76% (above 0%: growing) 17.34% 8.64% Compare
Median of peers $15.1B 18.9× 21.5× +10.41% +10.10% −15.22% 31.82% 18.96%

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VMC metrics, ten years each

Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) key facts

  • Strength: Vulcan Materials Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.9 billion, up 7.06% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $1.1 billion, or $8.16 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.6%.
  • Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) is a Building Materials company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, VMC traded at $257.18, a market capitalization of $32.7 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 30.2× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 4.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 19% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Vulcan Materials Company pays an annual dividend of $2.05 per share, a yield of 0.80%, with a payout ratio of 24.2%.
  • Return on equity was 12.9% and debt-to-equity 0.51.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.15 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) Latest News

30 Jul

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