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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000102729-22-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T09:47:44.349059+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont Q2 record sales $1.14B (+27% YoY); EPS $3.53; raises FY2022 guidance

## Summary
- Record diluted EPS of $3.53 ($3.70 adjusted) vs $2.89 ($3.06 adjusted) in Q2 2021.
- Net sales of $1.14B, up 26.9% YoY; operating income $118.7M (10.5% margin).
- Record backlog of $2.0B, up 24.7% since FY2021 end and 13.4% since Q1 2022.
- Infrastructure segment sales $765M (+23.9%); Agriculture $377.8M (+34%).
- Raised full-year EPS guidance: GAAP $12.90-$13.30, adjusted $13.60-$14.00.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000102729-22-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272922000049/0000102729-22-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272922000049/vmi-20220720.htm

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