---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000102729-21-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:01:44.520915+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont Q3 net sales record $868.8M (+18.4%); raises FY21 EPS guidance to $10.10-$10.60

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.40 vs $1.84 YoY; adjusted EPS $2.57 vs $1.99.
- Record global backlog >$1.5B (+35% from FY20); Irrigation sales surged 72.6%.
- Full-year GAAP EPS guidance raised to $10.10-$10.60; adjusted to $10.60-$11.10.
- Utility Support Structures margins impacted by raw material cost inflation not fully recovered.
- Co. expects FY22 sales growth 7%-12% and EPS growth 13%-15% in line with long-term targets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000102729-21-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272921000050/0000102729-21-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272921000050/vmi-20211020.htm

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