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VMC Vulcan Materials Company

materials · 2026-10-08

N/A
too hard · 59
Owner-earnings value$115.83
Price$244.13
Margin of safety -52.6%

Quality gate · 59/100

Returns on capital 7.7/30
Consistency 20.2/22
Margins / pricing power 7.8/16
Balance sheet 8.5/16
Cash conversion 9.5/10
Capital allocation 5.1/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 9% < 9%)

Median ROIC8.9%
Gross margin27.5%
Net debt / EBITDA2.3x
FCF conversion90%
Share count / yr-0.6%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.03B
Owner-earnings yield3.2%
Free-cash-flow yield3.2%
Growth used (normalized)2.8%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)21.5%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)10.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.06B 2.8%959.87M
21.09B 2.8%897.16M
31.12B 2.8%838.76M
41.15B 2.8%784.35M
51.18B 2.9%733.65M
61.21B 2.9%686.40M
71.25B 2.9%642.34M
81.29B 2.9%601.26M
91.33B 3.0%562.94M
101.37B 3.0%527.20M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~22%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 3%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-08 59 $244.13 $115.83 -52.6% N/A
2026-09-07 59 $262.63 $123.93 -52.8% N/A
2026-08-05 59 $285.10 $126.71 -55.6% N/A
2026-07-02 59 $295.03 $140.18 -52.5% N/A
2026-06-25 59 $307.29 $141.84 -53.8% N/A
2026-06-23 59 $299.09 $139.78 -53.3% N/A