secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vulcan Materials CO (VMC)
CIK:        0001396009
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-26-005605
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036126005605/0001140361-26-005605-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-005605

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