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Vulcan Materials Company VMC Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin27.7%+0.2pp27.4%+0.4pp28.2%+2.1pp27.6%+1.7pp27.4%+2.0pp
Operating margin20.6%+1.7pp20.4%+2.0pp20.8%+2.8pp18.9%+0.2pp18.9%+0.5pp
Net margin13.8%+1.3pp13.6%+1.3pp14.2%+2.8pp12.5%+0.5pp12.5%+0.6pp
EBITDA margin29.7%+1.9pp29.8%+2.9pp30.1%+3.6pp28.1%+1.2pp27.8%+1.3pp
Free cash flow margin13.8%+2.3pp14.3%+3.4pp13.4%+2.5pp14.5%+7.3pp11.6%+3.0pp
Returns
Return on equity13.4%+1.4pp12.9%+1.2pp13.5%+2.4pp11.8%-0.5pp12%-0.6pp
Return on assets6.7%+0.5pp6.4%+0.6pp7.1%+1.3pp6.1%-0.3pp6.1%-0.4pp
Return on invested capital9.5%+0.5pp9.6%+0.7pp10.5%+2.0pp8.9%-0.1pp9.1%-0.4pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.1×
Inventory turnover8.2×+0.3×8.5×-7.1×8.5×-0.5×-1.0×-1.3×
Liquidity
Current ratio2.6×+0.2×2.7×+0.9×2.2×-0.6×1.7×-0.8×2.4×-0.3×
Quick ratio1.9×+0.4×+0.7×1.6×-0.5×1.1×-0.5×1.5×-0.3×
Cash ratio0.1×-0.1×0.2×-0.3×0.2×-0.4×0.3×+0.1×0.2×-0.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.6×-0.1×0.6×-0.1×0.6×+0.1×0.7×+0.1×0.7×+0.2×
Debt-to-assets0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA2.1×-0.5×-0.4×+0.2×2.5×+0.5×2.6×+0.8×
Interest coverage7.1×+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 / earnings31.9×-0.9×35×-2.2×36.3×-2.9×36.7×+0.7×32.8×-6.6×
Price / sales4.4×+0.3×4.7×+0.2×5.2×+0.7×4.6×+0.3×4.1×-0.6×
Price / book4.2×+0.4×4.4×+0.2×4.7×+0.4×4.2×-0.1×3.8×-1.0×
EV / EBITDA17×-0.4×17.9×-1.5×19.2×+0.4×18.8×+0.7×17.4×-2.2×
EV / sales+0.2×5.3×+0.1×5.8×+0.8×5.3×+0.4×4.8×-0.3×
Free cash flow yield3.1%+0.3pp3%+0.6pp2.6%+0.2pp3.1%+1.5pp2.8%+1.0pp
Earnings yield3.1%+0.1pp2.9%+0.2pp2.8%+0.2pp2.7%-0.1pp3%+0.5pp
Dividend yield0.7%-0.1pp0.7%0.0pp0.6%-0.1pp0.7%0.0pp0.8%+0.2pp
PEG ratio1.7×-11.4×1.9×1.1×-14.7×9.2×+7.8×13.1×+12.3×

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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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