---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-085223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-21T11:10:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-21T11:15:13.061098+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont Q2 EPS $6.14 beats $4.88 adj. prior year; raises FY2026 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales up 6.5% to $1.12B; operating income $166.1M (14.8% of sales) vs $29.3M (2.8%) GAAP.
- Diluted EPS $6.14 vs ($1.53) GAAP; adjusted EPS $6.14 vs $4.88, up 25.8%.
- Infrastructure sales +14.8% to $878.9M; Agriculture sales -15.8% to $243.7M.
- Raised FY2026 net sales guidance to $4.3-4.45B (from $4.2-4.4B) and EPS to $22.25-23.50 (from $21.50-23.50).
- Generated $148.1M operating cash flow; returned $74.9M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-085223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-21T11:10:09+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/102729/000110465926085223/0001104659-26-085223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000110465926085223/vmi-20260721x8k.htm

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