---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-035798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T12:12:42.715916+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Q2 revenue down 5%, aggregates price up 12%; FY guidance revised for weather

## Summary
- Q2 total revenue $2.01B (-4.7% YoY); diluted EPS $2.33 flat; adjusted EPS $2.35 vs $2.29.
- Aggregates cash gross profit per ton up 12% to $10.92; shipments down 5% to 60.1M tons.
- Full-year outlook: net earnings $0.95-$1.07B, Adj. EBITDA $2.00-$2.15B; shipments down 4-7%.
- Repurchased $50M shares and paid $61M dividends in Q2; debt/EBITDA 1.7x.
- Bolt-on acquisitions in Alabama and Texas; 2024 capex $625-$675M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-035798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124035798/0001140361-24-035798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124035798/ef20033639_8k.htm

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