Growth Metrics

Vulcan Materials (VMC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Vulcan Materials has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 19.81% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 19.81% for Q4 2025, down 182.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 20.39% (up 200.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 20.4%, up 200.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 19.81% at Vulcan Materials, down from 23.7% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for VMC hit a ceiling of 23.7% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 38.34% in Q4 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 18.23% (2023), compared with a mean of 14.92%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -5506bps in 2021 and later skyrocketed 4940bps in 2022.
  • Vulcan Materials' Operating Margin stood at 38.34% in 2021, then soared by 129bps to 11.06% in 2022, then surged by 82bps to 20.18% in 2023, then increased by 7bps to 21.63% in 2024, then fell by -8bps to 19.81% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 19.81% (Q4 2025), 23.7% (Q3 2025), and 22.4% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.