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Vulcan Materials profit margin VMC

Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2009.

Net margin, 12 months
13.7%
Operating margin, 12 months
20.2%
Net margin on a year earlier
+1.2 pts
Peer median
15.8%

Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Vulcan Materials kept 13.7% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of 20.2% and a gross margin of 27.5%.

Five years earlier its net margin was 13.6%.

The median for 6 construction Materials stocks of a similar size is 15.8%.

Profit margin over time

GrossOperatingNet

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNet marginOperating marginGross margin
FY202513.6%20.4%27.4%
FY202412.3%18.4%27.0%
FY202312.0%18.3%25.0%
FY20227.9%13.0%21.3%
FY202112.1%18.2%24.7%
FY202012.0%18.4%26.4%
FY201912.5%17.8%25.5%
FY201811.8%17.1%25.1%
FY201715.5%16.4%25.5%
FY201611.7%18.9%27.9%
FY20156.5%16.1%25.1%
FY20146.8%18.0%19.6%
FY20130.9%6.9%15.4%
FY2012−2.0%3.3%13.0%
FY2011−2.8%2.5%11.1%

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedNet margin, 12 monthsChange on a yearOperating margin
Q2 FY2613.7%+1.2 pts20.2%
Q1 FY2613.8%+1.3 pts20.6%
Q4 FY2513.6%+1.3 pts20.4%
Q3 FY2514.2%+2.8 pts20.8%
Q2 FY2512.5%+0.5 pts18.9%
Q1 FY2512.5%+0.6 pts18.9%
Q4 FY2412.3%+0.3 pts18.4%
Q3 FY2411.4%+0.7 pts18.0%
Q2 FY2412.1%+2.5 pts18.7%
Q1 FY2411.9%+3.8 pts18.4%
Q4 FY2312.0%+4.1 pts18.3%
Q3 FY2310.7%+2.5 pts16.3%

Against its peers

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

CompanyProfit margin
VMCVulcan Materials13.7%
MLMMartin Marietta Materials36.7%
AMRZAmrize10.0%
CRHCRH9.9%
JCIJohnson Controls International14.3%
HLHecla Mining20.8%
EXPEagle Materials17.3%
Peer median15.8%

Where Vulcan Materials ranks

What the profit margin tells you

Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).

Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.

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