VMC
Vulcan Materials Co Materials Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) S&P 500Russell 3000
$281.25Close
$36.7BMarket cap
$240.83 – $328.4852-week range
Late-januaryNext report · estimated
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 3 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 37 · weaker than 63% of stocks over 12 months
- Earnings shrinking EPS −1% year on year
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
14%
1wk
up 7.5%
price change
1mo
up 15.0%
price change
12-month return
down 2%
market up 11% ·
its own down 15%
F-score
8 / 9
Exceptional
Altman Z″
3.47
Low risk
P/E
34.1×
price / earnings
PEG
1.85
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
4.3×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 4.0%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
48%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 7%
year on year
EPS growth
down 1%
latest quarter · -4 pts
Sales growth
down 5%
latest quarter · -7 pts
ROE
up 13%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 14%
$1.1B FCF
D/E
0.51
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
1.8×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- assets working less efficiently
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- gross margin widened
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 11% ($4.9B → $4.4B)
- Revenue reaccelerating (-5% then +7%)
Trade setup
ATR%
2.6%
$7.33 a day · 2×ATR $266.58
RS
37 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
3 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.3×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.17
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 3 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: passes
- 150-day average above the 200-day: fails
- 200-day average rising for a month: fails
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: fails
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Oct 29, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 29, 2026+8% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$190,42428.9% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 27%
- Net 14%
- Free cash 14%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.9B | $5.6B | $7.3B | $7.8B | $7.4B | $7.9B |
| Gross margin | 26% | 25% | 21% | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| Operating income | $895.7M | $1.0B | $951.4M | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.6B |
| Net income | $584.5M | $670.8M | $575.6M | $933.2M | $911.9M | $1.1B |
| Net margin | 12% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 12% | 14% |
| Earnings per share | $4.39 | $5.02 | $4.31 | $6.98 | $6.85 | $8.11 |
| Free cash flow | $708.2M | $560.6M | $535.6M | $664.2M | $806.1M | $1.1B |
| Free cash margin | 15% | 10% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 14% |
| Cash | $1.2B | $235.0M | $161.4M | $931.1M | $559.7M | $183.3M |
| Long-term debt | $2.8B | $3.9B | $3.9B | $3.9B | $4.9B | $4.4B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.0B | $6.5B | $6.9B | $7.5B | $8.1B | $8.5B |
| Shares outstanding | 132.50m | 132.70m | 132.90m | 132.10m | 132.10m | 130.60m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $266 – $297 ±5.5% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- About the same 28.9% priced · 29.8% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: no change
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $190,424 calls $150,652 · puts $39,772 · latest session
- 0.26× -0.20 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -25 · puts +24 past week
For options traders: ATM IV 28.9% (-3.0% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.07 · 25Δ skew 2.4 pts · Net GEX $3.3M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 29d |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 29d |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 29d |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 50d |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 30d |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 31d |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 30d |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 51d |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 30d |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 38d |
| May 2, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 32d |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 53d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | Item 1.04 ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 11, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Regulation FD ↗ |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Item 1.04 ↗ |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Results ↗ |