Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$302.84
+2.72% today
1Y Change
+11.93%
Window
Jun 20, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 20, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $37.33B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $302.84 and up 11.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 20, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.9%, EPS growth of +18.3%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.9%, EPS +18.3%, free cash flow +40.8% with operating margin 20.6% and ROIC 8.3%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 34.0 and price/sales 4.6. Stock Foundry combines VMC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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VMC
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Normalized return
SPY
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Relative to SPY
VMC Max Drawdown
-22.20%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$5.6B
-24.1% YoY
FY Net Income
$670.8M
+16.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$560.6M
+4.7% YoY
Revenue Growth
+6.9%
EPS Growth
+18.3%
Gross Margin
27.6%
Net Margin
13.9%
Income statement
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 7.9B | 7.4B | 7.8B | 7.3B | 5.6B |
| Gross Profit | 2.2B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.6B | 1.4B |
| Operating Income | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 951M | 1.0B |
| EBITDA | 2.6B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Net Income | 1.1B | 912M | 933M | 576M | 671M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
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| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 183M | 560M | 931M | 161M | 235M |
| Total Assets | 16.7B | 17.1B | 14.5B | 14.2B | 13.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 8.2B | 9.0B | 7.0B | 7.3B | 7.1B |
| Shareholder Equity | 8.5B | 8.1B | 7.5B | 6.9B | 6.5B |
| Total Debt | 5.4B | 5.8B | 4.4B | 4.5B | 4.5B |
| Net Debt | 5.2B | 5.3B | 3.5B | 4.4B | 4.3B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
1.0B
-11.9% YoY
Capital Expenditures
451M
+26.3% YoY
Free Cash Flow
561M
+4.7% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
27.6%
Operating Margin
20.6%
Net Margin
13.9%
ROE
13.1%
Debt / Equity
0.60x
Next Step
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