---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-023839"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T00:14:48.926830+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials Q1 Revenues $1.55B, EPS $0.78; Margins Expand, Outlook Reaffirmed

## Summary
- Total revenues $1.546B, down 6% YoY; net earnings $103M ($0.78 diluted EPS) vs $121M ($0.92) last year.
- Aggregates cash gross profit per ton up 10% to $8.86; freight-adjusted price rose 10% to $20.59/ton.
- Adjusted EBITDA $323M (20.9% margin) vs $338M (20.5%); TTM Adjusted EBITDA $1.997B (+20% YoY).
- Full-year 2024 Adjusted EBITDA guidance reaffirmed at $2.15-2.30B; capex expected $625-675M.
- Redeemed $550M 2026 notes with cash; returned $81M via $19M buybacks and $62M dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-023839
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124023839/0001140361-24-023839-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124023839/ef20028253_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-023839.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Vulcan Materials CO updated its first quarter ended March 31, 2024 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 2, 2024, Vulcan Materials Company announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124023839/0001140361-24-023839-index.htm

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