---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-005605"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:23:24.986616+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials 2025 adj. EBITDA +13% to $2.32B; guides 2026 to $2.4-2.6B

## Summary
- Full-year diluted EPS $8.15 vs $6.91; net earnings $1,077M, up 18%.
- Adj. EBITDA margin expanded 160 bps to 29.3%; operating cash flow $1.8B (+29%).
- Aggregates cash gross profit per ton $11.33, +7% YoY; shipments +3% to 226.8M tons.
- 2026 guidance: Adj. EBITDA $2.4-2.6B; shipments +1-3%; price +4-6%.
- Exited Houston asphalt assets; agreed to sell California concrete ops (close Q2 2026).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-005605
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+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/1396009/000114036126005605/0001140361-26-005605-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036126005605/ef20065685_8k.htm

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