---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-049589"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T08:18:27.649403+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials Q3 earnings beat; aggregates margin expands 200 bps; FY EBITDA guidance raised to $1.95-$2.00B

## Summary
- Q3 net earnings $276M ($2.09 diluted EPS) vs $177M ($1.33) a year ago; adjusted EPS $2.29.
- Aggregates gross profit per ton rose 19% to $7.95; freight-adjusted price per ton up 15% to $19.29.
- Total revenues $2,186M, up 5% YoY; all product lines saw margin expansion.
- Full-year Adjusted EBITDA guidance raised to $1.95-$2.00B, a 21% improvement at midpoint.
- Company classified Texas concrete assets as held for sale, recorded $28M pre-tax charge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-049589
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+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/1396009/000114036123049589/0001140361-23-049589-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036123049589/ef20013192_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Vulcan Materials CO updated its full-year 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: full-year 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: we now expect our full-year Adjusted EBITDA to be $1.95 to $2.00 billion for 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036123049589/0001140361-23-049589-index.htm

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