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Vulcan Materials Company VMC Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin27.7%+0.3pp27.4%-0.8pp28.2%+0.7pp27.6%+0.1pp27.4%+0.5pp
Operating margin20.6%+0.2pp20.4%-0.4pp20.8%+1.9pp18.9%0.0pp18.9%+0.5pp
Net margin13.8%+0.2pp13.6%-0.6pp14.2%+1.7pp12.5%0.0pp12.5%+0.2pp
EBITDA margin29.7%-0.2pp29.8%-0.2pp30.1%+2.0pp28.1%+0.3pp27.8%+0.9pp
Free cash flow margin13.8%-0.4pp14.3%+0.9pp13.4%-1.1pp14.5%+2.9pp11.6%+0.7pp
Returns
Return on equity13.4%+0.5pp12.9%-0.5pp13.5%+1.7pp11.8%-0.2pp12%+0.3pp
Return on assets6.7%+0.3pp6.4%-0.8pp7.1%+1.0pp6.1%0.0pp6.1%+0.4pp
Return on invested capital9.5%-0.1pp9.6%-0.9pp10.5%+1.6pp8.9%-0.1pp9.1%+0.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×
Inventory turnover8.2×-0.2×8.5×0.0×8.5×+0.5×0.0×-7.6×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.6×-0.1×2.7×+0.5×2.2×+0.6×1.7×-0.7×2.4×+0.6×
Quick ratio1.9×-0.1×+0.4×1.6×+0.4×1.1×-0.4×1.5×+0.2×
Cash ratio0.1×-0.1×0.2×0.0×0.2×-0.1×0.3×0.0×0.2×-0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×-0.1×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA2.1×+0.1×0.0×-0.4×2.5×-0.1×2.6×+0.1×
Interest coverage7.1×+0.3×6.8×+0.1×6.6×+0.4×6.2×-0.5×6.7×-0.4×
Per Share
Book value per share$64.42+0.3%$64.24-2.2%$65.72+3.9%$63.26+3.4%$61.16+0.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization$35.52B-5.7%$37.69B-7.3%$40.64B+16.3%$34.94B+13.4%$30.82B-9.3%
Enterprise value$40.6B-4.3%$42.44B-6.6%$45.45B+13.1%$40.17B+10.9%$36.23B-6.8%
Price / earnings31.9×-3.1×35×-1.3×36.3×-0.4×36.7×+3.9×32.8×-4.4×
Price / sales4.4×-0.3×4.7×-0.4×5.2×+0.6×4.6×+0.5×4.1×-0.5×
Price / book4.2×-0.2×4.4×-0.2×4.7×+0.5×4.2×+0.4×3.8×-0.4×
EV / EBITDA17×-0.9×17.9×-1.3×19.2×+0.3×18.8×+1.5×17.4×-2.1×
EV / sales-0.3×5.3×-0.4×5.8×+0.5×5.3×+0.5×4.8×-0.4×
Free cash flow yield3.1%+0.1pp3%+0.4pp2.6%-0.5pp3.1%+0.3pp2.8%+0.4pp
Earnings yield3.1%+0.3pp2.9%+0.1pp2.8%0.0pp2.7%-0.3pp3%+0.4pp
Dividend yield0.7%0.0pp0.7%+0.1pp0.6%-0.1pp0.7%-0.1pp0.8%+0.1pp
PEG ratio1.7×-0.2×1.9×+0.8×1.1×-8.1×9.2×-3.9×13.1×

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Questions, answered.

What are Vulcan Materials Company's profit margins?
Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) runs a 27.7% gross margin and a 20.6% operating margin, with a 13.8% net margin.
Where do Vulcan Materials Company's ratios come from?
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