Vulcan Materials Company (VMC)
Materials · Construction aggregates
America's largest construction aggregates supplier, providing crushed stone, sand, gravel, asphalt mix, and ready-mixed concrete to build and maintain U.S. infrastructure.
What Vulcan Materials Company does
Vulcan Materials is the nation's largest supplier of construction aggregates—primarily crushed stone, sand, and gravel—with 425 active aggregates facilities across the U.S. The company also operates 71 asphalt mix facilities and 76 ready-mixed concrete facilities, serving construction markets including residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. Its products are distributed via trucks, ships, barges, and trains and are essential for building homes, offices, data centers, schools, hospitals, and vital infrastructure such as highways, bridges, and water systems. The company leverages its 16.6 billion tons of proven and probable aggregates reserves, strategic positioning in high-growth U.S. metropolitan areas, and operational excellence to drive organic and inorganic growth.
Themes: ["Infrastructure construction"]
Fundamentals
- Price$286.59 as of 2026-07-08 close
- Market cap$39.9B as of 2026-07-09
- 1-year return+7.6% as of 2026-07-08 close
- P/E35.82 as of 2026-07-09
- Net margin+13.8% as of 2026-07-09
- Gross margin+27.7% as of 2026-07-09
- ROE+13.1% as of 2026-07-09
- Debt / equity0.54 as of 2026-07-09
- Revenue growth (YoY)+7.4% as of 2026-07-09
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+2.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.06 as of 2026-07-09
Dividend: yield +0.7%; 4-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Construction activity cycles and economic downturns directly impact demand for aggregates and downstream products."]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-09. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.