Vulcan Materials (VMC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Vulcan Materials' Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 15.11% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 126.0% year-over-year to 15.11%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 20.57% (up 168.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 20.4%, up 200.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 15.11% for Q1 2026 at Vulcan Materials, down from 19.81% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 23.7% in Q3 2025 to a low of 9.54% in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 17.06% across 5 years, with a median of 16.82% in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin sank 1381 bps in 2022, then jumped 912 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 11.06% in 2022, then jumped by 82 bps to 20.18% in 2023, then gained by 7 bps to 21.63% in 2024, then declined by 8 bps to 19.81% in 2025, then fell by 24 bps to 15.11% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 15.11% (Q1 2026), 19.81% (Q4 2025), and 23.7% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.