---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-029958"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMC"
cik: "0001396009"
company_name: "Vulcan Materials CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-29T11:05:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-29T11:10:21.715745+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vulcan Materials Q2 2026: EPS $2.47, aggregates cash gross profit per ton $12.02, reaffirms FY Adj. EBITDA $2.4-2.6B

## Summary
- Total revenues $2.156B, up 2.6% YoY; net earnings $323M ($2.47 diluted EPS) vs $321M ($2.43) prior year.
- Aggregates shipments 59.9M tons (+1% YoY); freight-adjusted price per ton $22.97 (+4% reported, +5% mix-adjusted).
- Aggregates cash gross profit per ton $12.02, up from $11.88; segment gross profit $567M.
- Completed divestiture of California ready-mixed concrete in early June; acquired quarry in southern Colorado and rail yard in Dallas-Fort Worth.
- Reaffirmed full-year Adjusted EBITDA outlook of $2.4-$2.6B; SAG expense 6.6% of revenue, down 30 bps YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-029958
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMC
- cik: 0001396009
- company_name: Vulcan Materials CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-29T11:05:34+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036126029958/0001140361-26-029958-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396009/000114036126029958/ef20078928_8k.htm

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