Vulcan Materials forward PE VMC

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 27.8×
10-year median: 31.9×
Against its 10-year history: 16th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 19.2× to 40.3×
Peer median: 24.5×

Vulcan Materials' forward PE is 27.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 31.9×, lower than on 84% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 19.2× in Mar 2020 to 40.3× in Jan 2022.

The median for 6 construction Materials stocks of a similar size is 24.5×.

Forward PE over time

median 31.9×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	27.8×	24.8×	38.3×
2025	34.4×	27.2×	36.3×
2024	33.8×	31.6×	37.8×
2023	32.8×	25.9×	35.5×
2022	28.7×	26.9×	40.3×
2021	40.2×	31.5×	40.2×
2020	31.3×	19.2×	32.1×
2019	31.3×	23.4×	31.9×
2018	22.5×	21.6×	36.8×
2017	33.5×	31.5×	37.4×
2016	33.2×	26.5×	35.6×
2015	30.9×	30.6×	42.9×
2014	39.5×	37.1×	116×
2013	110×	105×	226×
2012	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2011	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2010	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2009	230×	68.7×	298×
2008	94.0×	15.0×	94.2×
2007	17.8×	15.5×	25.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Construction Materials nearest Vulcan Materials' size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
VMCVulcan Materials	27.8×
MLMMartin Marietta Materials	27.0×
AMRZAmrize	16.1×
CRHCRH	n/m
JCIJohnson Controls International	24.5×
HLHecla Mining	n/m
EXPEagle Materials	n/m
Peer median	24.5×

Where Vulcan Materials ranks

#19of 21Materials stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.