secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vulcan Materials CO (VMC)
CIK:        0001396009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-23-037768
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vulcan Materials Q2 EPS $2.33; raises FY adjusted EBITDA outlook to $1.9-2.0B
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- Q2 revenue $2,113M (+8% YoY); net earnings $309M; diluted EPS $2.33 vs $1.50 prior year.
- Aggregates gross profit $499M (+24% YoY); gross profit per ton $7.87; cash gross profit per ton $9.76.
- Full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance raised to $1.9-2.0B, a $150M increase from initial February expectations.
- Cash from operations $508M (+56% YoY); returned $57M via dividends and $50M via share repurchases.
- Gross margin expanded 230 bps in aggregates; SAG expense improved to 6.6% of revenue.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036123037768/0001140361-23-037768-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036123037768/brhc20056907_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-037768

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