“Reconciliation of this metric to its nearest GAAP measure is presented below: in millions 2026 Projected Mid-Point 1 Net earnings attributable to Vulcan $ 1,220 Income tax expense, including discontinued operations 355 Interest expense, net 225 Depreciation,…”10-K · Feb 19, 2026 ↗
Vulcan Materials Company
VMC
Market read
Vulcan Materials Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- VMC's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if VMC's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 13 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 7.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.3 percentage points.
- Net income increased 28.4% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- VMC's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +7.1% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +2.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +1.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.68x in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 61% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 167% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 9, 2026
249.80Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Freight-adjusted unit cost of sales increased 4% (increased 2% on a unit cash cost of sales basis), reflecting a continued focus on cost management and operating efficiencies.”10-K · Feb 19, 2026 ↗
“The disposition of these assets is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to final regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
“The increase was primarily attributable to changes in working capital balances, higher cash earnings in 2025 ($165.0 million higher net earnings in addition to $116.3 million higher non-cash depreciation, depletion, accretion and amortization), partially offs…”10-K · Feb 19, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.2× · EV/sales 4.7×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 9 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for VMC. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-30.
What improved
- Revenue increased 7.4% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.3 percentage points.
- Net income increased 28.4% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“The decrease was primarily attributable to negative cash flow changes in working capital balances of $43.7 million partially offset by higher cash earnings in 2026 ($36.6 million higher net earnings less $16.1 million lower non-cash depreciation, depletion, accretion and amortization).”
“The increase in tax expense was primarily due to the increase in pretax earnings in 2026.”
“Reconciliation of this metric to its nearest GAAP measure is presented below: in millions 2026 Projected Mid-point Net earnings attributable to Vulcan $ 1,210 Income tax expense, including discontinued operations 350 Interest expense, net 225 Depreciation, depletion, accretion and amortization 700 Projected EBITDA $ 2,485 Items included in Adjusted EBITDA 15 Projected Adjusted EBITDA $ 2,500 Because GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis are not accessible, and reconciling information is not available without unreasonable effort, we have not provided reconciliations for forward-looking non-GAAP measures, other than the reconciliation of Projected Adjusted EBITDA as noted above.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind VMC
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depended on by
ROADConstruction Partners, Inc.supplierNov 25, 2025 ▾
“In October 2025, we acquired eight HMA plants and related crews and equipment in the Houston, Texas metro area from affiliates of Vulcan Materials Company, and acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of P&S Paving, LLC, an HMA manufacturing and const…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
VMC is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Domestic Economic Cyclicals. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for VMC; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.