Vulcan Materials (VMC)
Materials · NYSE · US
Price as at 13 Aug 2026, 20:25 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Vulcan Materials trades at $277.52, which is 17% below the $324.94 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 52 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 35.0 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
VMC dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $1.56 | 3 |
| 2025 | $1.96 | 4 |
| 2024 | $1.84 | 4 |
| 2023 | $1.72 | 4 |
| 2022 | $1.60 | 4 |
| 2021 | $1.48 | 4 |
| 2020 | $1.36 | 4 |
| 2019 | $1.24 | 4 |
| 2018 | $1.12 | 4 |
| 2017 | $1.00 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.800 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
VMC earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 23 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Vulcan Materials
Vulcan Materials Company produces and supplies construction aggregates in the United States. It operates through three segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, and Concrete. The company provides crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates for use in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities; aggregates that are used as ballast for construction and maintenance of railroad tracks; riprap and jetty stones for use in erosion control along roads and waterways; asphalt mix; asphalt construction paving services; and ready-mixed concrete products. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
VMC passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
21 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Chris Hohn, TCI Fund Management Ltd$721.89M · 1.4% of book
- John Armitage, Egerton Capital (UK) LLP$581.67M · 5.6% of book
- Parnassus Investments, PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC$558.54M · 1.5% of book
- Arrowstreet Capital, ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$209.68M · 0.1% of book
- Lee Ainslie, MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD$188.00M · 1.7% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is Vulcan Materials (VMC) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $324.94, VMC at $277.52 is 17% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own VMC?
21 of the institutions we track reported a position in VMC in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is VMC's P/E ratio?
VMC trades at 35.0 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Vulcan Materials (VMC) pay a dividend?
Yes. Vulcan Materials yields 0.70% at the current share price. It has paid $2.05 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 39 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its VMC data?
Fundamentals for VMC come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYSE; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 13 Aug 2026, 20:25 UTC and is delayed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.