secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vulcan Materials CO (VMC)
CIK:        0001396009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-24-044579
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vulcan Materials Q3 earnings: revenue down 8% YoY; aggregates pricing up 10%
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- Q3 revenue $2,004M vs $2,186M YoY; net earnings $208M ($1.57 diluted EPS) vs $276M ($2.09).
- Adjusted EPS $2.22 vs $2.29; Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded to 29.0% from 27.6%.
- Aggregates shipments fell 10% due to weather; freight-adjusted price per ton rose 10% to $21.27.
- Recorded $87M pretax goodwill impairment on Northern California concrete assets.
- Acquired Wake Stone Corporation (pure-play aggregates) for ~60 years of reserves; closing expected in Q4 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124044579/0001140361-24-044579-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036124044579/ef20037837_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-044579

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