Vulcan Materials (VMC)

Basic Materials · Building Materials · S&P 500
$248.85 +1.34% on the day Market cap $30.8B 52-week range $237.03 to $331.09 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
9% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $30.8B, Vulcan Materials's free cash flow of $1.1B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 9% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Vulcan Materials's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years16.2% a year
Revenue, same period9.2% a year
Price to free cash flow27.2x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from VMC's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability6
Growth7
Financial health6
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)28.1x
P/E (forward)26.0x
Price / free cash flow27.1x
EV / EBITDA14.9x
Price / sales3.82x
Price / book3.66x
Revenue growth+7.4%
Operating margin20.6%
Net margin13.8%
Return on equity13.2%
Dividend yield0.84%
Debt / equity0.97x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Vulcan Materials's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.6B$7.3B$7.8B$7.4B$7.9B
Net income$671M$576M$933M$912M$1.1B
Free cash flow$561M$536M$664M$806M$1.1B
EPS (diluted)$5.02$4.31$6.98$6.85$8.11
Operating margin18.2%13.0%18.3%18.4%20.4%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Aggregates$5.8B73%
Asphalt$1.3B16%
Concrete$847M11%

Superinvestors who own VMC

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $678M0.56%Q2 2026
Lee Ainslie
Maverick Capital
New position $188M1.7%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $156M0.06%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $64M0.10%Q2 2026
Wallace Weitz
Weitz Investment Management
Trimmed $60M4.2%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $23M0.05%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $8M0.07%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Held $7M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Vulcan Materials's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of VMC in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Questions

What growth does Vulcan Materials's stock price imply?

At a market value of $30.8B, Vulcan Materials would need its free cash flow to grow about 9% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 16% a year.

Are Vulcan Materials insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of VMC in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Vulcan Materials?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold VMC in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Lee Ainslie, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.