Vulcan Materials Company VMC Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 27.7%+0.2pp | 27.4%+0.4pp | 28.2%+2.1pp | 27.6%+1.7pp | 27.4%+2.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 20.6%+1.7pp | 20.4%+2.0pp | 20.8%+2.8pp | 18.9%+0.2pp | 18.9%+0.5pp | |
| Net margin | 13.8%+1.3pp | 13.6%+1.3pp | 14.2%+2.8pp | 12.5%+0.5pp | 12.5%+0.6pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 29.7%+1.9pp | 29.8%+2.9pp | 30.1%+3.6pp | 28.1%+1.2pp | 27.8%+1.3pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 13.8%+2.3pp | 14.3%+3.4pp | 13.4%+2.5pp | 14.5%+7.3pp | 11.6%+3.0pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 13.4%+1.4pp | 12.9%+1.2pp | 13.5%+2.4pp | 11.8%-0.5pp | 12%-0.6pp | |
| Return on assets | 6.7%+0.5pp | 6.4%+0.6pp | 7.1%+1.3pp | 6.1%-0.3pp | 6.1%-0.4pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5%+0.5pp | 9.6%+0.7pp | 10.5%+2.0pp | 8.9%-0.1pp | 9.1%-0.4pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×-0.1× | |
| Inventory turnover | 8.2×+0.3× | 8.5×-7.1× | 8.5×-0.5× | 8×-1.0× | 8×-1.3× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 2.6×+0.2× | 2.7×+0.9× | 2.2×-0.6× | 1.7×-0.8× | 2.4×-0.3× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.9×+0.4× | 2×+0.7× | 1.6×-0.5× | 1.1×-0.5× | 1.5×-0.3× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.1×-0.1× | 0.2×-0.3× | 0.2×-0.4× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.6×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.7×+0.2× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×+0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1×-0.5× | 2×-0.4× | 2×+0.2× | 2.5×+0.5× | 2.6×+0.8× | |
| Interest coverage | 7.1×+0.4× | 6.8×-0.4× | 6.6×-1.1× | 6.2×-1.7× | 6.7×-0.9× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $64.42+5.3% | $64.24+5.3% | $65.72+11.1% | $63.26+9.3% | $61.16+8.7% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $35.52B+15.3% | $37.69B+10.9% | $40.64B+22.6% | $34.94B+6.1% | $30.82B-14.7% | |
| Enterprise value | $40.6B+12.0% | $42.44B+9.2% | $45.45B+23.9% | $40.17B+8.7% | $36.23B-8.8% | |
| Price / earnings | 31.9×-0.9× | 35×-2.2× | 36.3×-2.9× | 36.7×+0.7× | 32.8×-6.6× | |
| Price / sales | 4.4×+0.3× | 4.7×+0.2× | 5.2×+0.7× | 4.6×+0.3× | 4.1×-0.6× | |
| Price / book | 4.2×+0.4× | 4.4×+0.2× | 4.7×+0.4× | 4.2×-0.1× | 3.8×-1.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 17×-0.4× | 17.9×-1.5× | 19.2×+0.4× | 18.8×+0.7× | 17.4×-2.2× | |
| EV / sales | 5×+0.2× | 5.3×+0.1× | 5.8×+0.8× | 5.3×+0.4× | 4.8×-0.3× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.1%+0.3pp | 3%+0.6pp | 2.6%+0.2pp | 3.1%+1.5pp | 2.8%+1.0pp | |
| Earnings yield | 3.1%+0.1pp | 2.9%+0.2pp | 2.8%+0.2pp | 2.7%-0.1pp | 3%+0.5pp | |
| Dividend yield | 0.7%-0.1pp | 0.7%0.0pp | 0.6%-0.1pp | 0.7%0.0pp | 0.8%+0.2pp | |
| PEG ratio | 1.7×-11.4× | 1.9×— | 1.1×-14.7× | 9.2×+7.8× | 13.1×+12.3× |
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- 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?
- Every ratio is computed from Vulcan Materials Company's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
