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6.5×-1.0×
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6.4×-0.8×
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6.1×-1.5×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.8B+7.4%
Gross profit$422.7M+15.7%
Operating income$265.4M+17.2%
Net income$165.5M+28.4%
EPS (diluted)$1.26+29.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$143.7M-25.5%
Total debt$5.2B-7.0%
Total equity$8.5B+3.9%
Total assets$16.7B-0.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$241.1M-4.1%
CapEx$176.5M+5.1%
Free cash flow$64.6M-22.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$38.25B+15.3%
Enterprise value$43.32B+12.0%
P/E34.4×-1.0×
P/S4.7×+0.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin27.7%+0.2pp
Operating margin20.6%+1.7pp
Net margin13.8%+1.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.4%+1.4pp
Debt / equity0.6×-0.1×
Current ratio2.6×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Vulcan Materials Company’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Vulcan Materials Company’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Vulcan Materials Company's interest coverage?
Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) reported interest coverage of 7.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Vulcan Materials Company's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Vulcan Materials Company's interest coverage increased by 5.9% year-over-year, from 6.7× to 7.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Vulcan Materials Company's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Vulcan Materials Company's interest coverage has grown at a -2.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 28.8× to 26.3×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.