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Price / sales at other companies

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7.7×-0.6×
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1.8×+0.2×
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Martin Marietta MaterialsMLM
5.6×+0.5×
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NucorNUE
1.1×+0.2×
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CaterpillarCAT
4.7×+2.2×

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×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 price / sales?
Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) reported price / sales of 4.4× in Q1 2026.
How has Vulcan Materials Company's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Vulcan Materials Company's price / sales increased by 7.3% year-over-year, from 4.1× to 4.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Vulcan Materials Company's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Vulcan Materials Company's price / sales has grown at a -0.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.6× to 18.6×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.