---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-028104"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T22:15:34.348504+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials Q2 earnings beat: adj EBITDA $660M (+9% YoY), aggregates margins expand

## Summary
- Q2 total revenue $2.10B (+4% YoY); net earnings $321M ($2.43 EPS), vs $308M ($2.33) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $660M, margin 31.4% (+150 bps YoY); aggregates cash gross profit per ton $11.88 (+9% YoY).
- Aggregate shipments 59.3M tons (-1% YoY due to weather); freight-adjusted price per ton $22.11 (+5% YoY).
- Full-year Adjusted EBITDA outlook reaffirmed at $2.35–$2.55B; debt-to-EBITDA 2.2x, within target.
- Returned $65M to shareholders via dividends (+6% YoY); capex $102M in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-028104
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036125028104/0001140361-25-028104-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036125028104/ef20052989_8k.htm

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