Headquartered in Birmingham, AL Fiscal year ends December NYSE: VMC vulcanmaterials.com
Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC), an S&P 500 member, is the largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates.
Its main products are crushed stone, sand and gravel. It also produces aggregates-based construction materials, including asphalt mix (with an asphalt construction paving business) and ready-mixed concrete.
The company reports three segments: Aggregates, Asphalt and Concrete. Aggregates is by far the largest and generates the bulk of gross profit. Revenue also includes pass-through freight and delivery and service revenues such as landfill tipping fees.
Demand is driven by public infrastructure funding and by private residential and nonresidential construction. Vulcan pursues an aggregates-led strategy built on:
- pricing discipline (the 'Vulcan Way of Selling');
- operational efficiency (the 'Vulcan Way of Operating');
- bolt-on acquisitions, including 2026 deals in Tennessee and southern Ohio;
- pruning of non-core downstream assets, such as the divested Houston asphalt business and California concrete operations.
The company also has property and operations in Mexico. Ronnie Pruitt became CEO effective January 1, 2026. Updated
Pricing is doing the work at Vulcan: freight-adjusted aggregates prices rose 5% on a mix-adjusted basis, enough to lift adjusted EBITDA margin to 32.3% even with diesel inflation and revenue missing expectations. Management held full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance near $2.4 billion and guided to mid- to high-single-digit aggregates pricing gains in 2027.
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Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC), an S&P 500 member, is the largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates. Its main products are crushed stone, sand and gravel.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for VMC is $318.74, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $306.70. VMC price prediction →
