Forensic Analysis · Materials / Mining & Chemicals · as of Aug 8, 2026

Vulcan Materials Co (VMC)

A forensic read on Vulcan Materials Co built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

A · High-quality compounder

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

7.1

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

31.7

P / E (ttm)

12.6%

ROE

$36.5B

Market cap

0.77%

Dividend yield

7.1%

Revenue growth

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Vulcan Materials Co earns an A (High-quality compounder) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 7.1, placing it in the Safe zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

8.1%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 8.1% in the latest fiscal year and rising from 5% — around its ~8% cost of capital, so growth is roughly value-neutral.

-0.2%/yr

FY2022–FY2025

Share count. Diluted share count changed -1% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (-0.2%/yr). Roughly flat — buybacks ($438M) are about offsetting stock comp ($63M), not shrinking the count. Per-share value isn't being meaningfully helped or hurt by the count.

$138M

FY2022–FY2024

Goodwill impairments. Took $138M of goodwill writedowns across 2 years (FY2022 ($51M), FY2024 ($87M)) — about 6% of net income over the span. Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$7.94B

Revenue Growth YoY+7.1%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)+2.8%

Net Margin13.6%

Free Cash Flow$1.14B

Return on Equity12.6%

Debt / Equity0.51x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 8, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.