---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000102729-25-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:56:03.995720+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont Q3 EPS $4.98 (+21%); raises FY2025 adjusted EPS outlook to $18.70-$19.50

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1.05B (+2.5% YoY); operating income $141.5M (+12.5%); diluted EPS $4.98 (+21.2%).
- Infrastructure segment sales up 6.6% to $808.3M; Utility up 12.3%, Telecom and Coatings higher.
- Agriculture segment sales down 9% to $241.3M; operating income down 19.7% on lower volumes and Brazil credit losses.
- Raised FY2025 adjusted diluted EPS outlook to $18.70-$19.50 (prior $17.50-$19.50); net sales ~$4.1B.
- Returned $39.2M to shareholders ($25.8M buybacks, $13.4M dividends); backlog up 20.4% since YE 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000102729-25-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-21T23:59:59+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/102729/000010272925000044/0000102729-25-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000010272925000044/vmi-20251021x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102729-25-000044
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000102729-25-000044.txt

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