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Vulcan Materials CO (VMC)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Vulcan Materials CO. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Vulcan Materials CO

Vulcan Materials Company is the largest supplier of construction aggregates in the United States, providing crushed stone, sand, gravel, asphalt mix, and ready-mixed concrete. The company serves customers involved in building infrastructure such as homes, offices, highways, bridges, and airports across multiple states. Vulcan operates hundreds of aggregates, asphalt, and concrete facilities primarily in high-growth metropolitan areas throughout the U.S.

Snapshot

Revenue
$7.94B
Revenue growth (YoY)
7.1%
Net income
$1.08B
Diluted EPS
$8.11
Gross margin
27.4%
Operating margin
20.4%
Net margin
13.6%
FCF margin
14.3%
ROE
12.6%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
30.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$33.47B
Long-term debt / equity
0.51×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Vulcan Materials

  • Revenue grew 7.1% to $7.9B in FY2025, after a 4.7% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 20.4% in FY2025, +2.2 pp against 18.2% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $1.8B, up 7.4% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $1.1B in FY2025, 14.3% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 18.1% to $1.1B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Vulcan Materials’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin27.4%
52nd percentile of 191
Operating margin20.4%
90th percentile of 189
Net margin13.6%
87th percentile of 221
FCF margin14.3%
88th percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.1%
64th percentile of 236
ROE12.6%
73rd percentile of 216
P/E30.5×
70th percentile of 134
Long-term debt / equity0.51×
42nd percentile of 165
Short interest6.98d
82nd percentile of 238

Vulcan Materials’s operating margin of 20.4% ranks in the 90th percentile of the 189 Materials companies reporting it. Vulcan Materials’s FCF margin of 14.3% ranks in the 88th percentile of the 205 Materials companies reporting it. Vulcan Materials’s net margin of 13.6% ranks in the 87th percentile of the 221 Materials companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 6 insider sales totaling $5.1M. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 4 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
4
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
7
2 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
3
2 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$511.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Maverick CapitalQ2 2026$188.0M637.3KNew
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$156.5M530.3KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$51.2M173.7KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$39.0M132.1KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$32.1M108.7KNew
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$22.5M76.4KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$7.7M26.0KAdded
Dodge & CoxQ2 2026$7.1M24.0KHeld
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$6.8M23.1KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$674,0982.3KReduced

No longer held by: Lone Pine Capital (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
6
$5.1M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-21
filed 2026-08-25
Hill J ThomasDirectorSell5.7K$275.49$1.6M
2026-08-21
filed 2026-08-25
Hill J ThomasDirectorSell4.0K$276.70$1.1M
2026-08-21
filed 2026-08-25
Hill J ThomasDirectorSell3.8K$276.51$1.0M
2026-08-21
filed 2026-08-25
Hill J ThomasDirectorSell542$277.09$150K
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-10
Clement David PSenior Vice PresidentSell2.0K$285.10$570K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-16
Clement David PSenior Vice PresidentSell2.2K$292.29$647K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
6.4M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+4.0%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.98
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
912.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-146.4M+4.0%6.98
2026-07-316.1M-6.5%5.36
2026-07-156.5M+9.0%6.51
2026-06-306.0M+4.3%4.25
2026-06-155.8M+14.9%4.58
2026-05-295.0M+19.2%4.01
2026-05-154.2M-4.8%4.35
2026-04-304.4M-13.6%4.45

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$7.94B$7.42B$7.78B$7.32B$5.55B
Gross profit$2.17B$2.00B$1.95B$1.56B$1.37B
Operating income$1.62B$1.36B$1.43B$951.4M$1.01B
Net income$1.08B$911.9M$933.2M$575.6M$670.8M
Diluted EPS$8.11$6.85$6.98$4.31$5.02

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.81B$1.41B$1.54B$1.15B$1.01B
Capital expenditure$677.7M$603.5M$872.6M$612.6M$451.3M
Free cash flow$1.14B$806.1M$664.2M$535.6M$560.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$1.76B7.4%$165.5M$1.26
Q4 FY2025$1.91B3.2%$252.0M$1.91
Q3 FY2025$2.29B14.4%$374.9M$2.82
Q2 FY2025$2.10B4.4%$320.9M$2.42
Q1 FY2025$1.63B5.8%$128.9M$0.97
Q4 FY2024$1.85B1.1%$293.7M$2.21
Q3 FY2024$2.00B-8.3%$207.6M$1.56
Q2 FY2024$2.01B-4.7%$308.0M$2.31

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryMining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK1396009

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-19
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10-K2025-02-20
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10-Q2026-07-29
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10-Q2026-04-29
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10-Q2025-10-30
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10-Q2025-07-31
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8-K2026-07-29
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8-K2026-07-27
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.