---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-009354"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VMI"
cik: "0000102729"
company_name: "VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T04:03:05.344019+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valmont Q2 GAAP loss ($1.53)/share on $112.1M charges; raises FY2025 adj. EPS outlook

## Summary
- GAAP net loss of $30.3M ($1.53 loss/share) due to $112.1M one-time charges including $91.3M impairment.
- Adjusted diluted EPS of $4.88 vs $4.91 YoY; net sales up 1% to $1.05B.
- Infrastructure adjusted op. income $124.6M (16.3% margins); Agriculture adjusted $44.8M (15.6%).
- Operating cash flow $167.6M (+28.1%); returned $113.6M via $100M buybacks and $13.6M dividends.
- Raises FY2025 adjusted diluted EPS guidance to $17.50-$19.50 from $17.20-$18.80.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-009354
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VMI
- cik: 0000102729
- company_name: VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000155837025009354/0001558370-25-009354-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102729/000155837025009354/vmi-20250722x8k.htm

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