Vulcan Materials (VMC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Vulcan Materials' Operating Margin came in at 24.01% for Q3 2026, up 0.31 percentage points from 23.70% a year earlier and up 2.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Vulcan Materials (VMC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Vulcan Materials reported Operating Margin of 20.28%, down 0.54 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 20.40%, up 2.00 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has increased in each of the last three years, with a five-year change of +1.95 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 18.40% in FY2024 (+0.05 pp), 18.34% in FY2023 (+5.34 pp), 13.01% in FY2022 (-5.20 pp) and 18.21% in FY2021 (-0.24 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q1 2014.
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.17 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q4 2023 (a gain of 9.12 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2022 (a drop of 13.81 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows VMC's Operating Margin at 21.13% (Q2 2026), 15.11% (Q1 2026) and 19.81% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crh Public | 64.80 Bn | 49.33 Bn | 4.42 Bn | 16.64% |
| 2 | Vulcan Materials | 36.96 Bn | 36.33 Bn | 665.60 Mn | 24.01% |
| 3 | Martin Marietta Materials | 34.06 Bn | 33.47 Bn | 651.00 Mn | 18.49% |
| 4 | Amrize | 22.81 Bn | 18.76 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 21.03% |
| 5 | Cemex Sab De Cv | 15.87 Bn | 12.07 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Eagle Materials | 5.72 Bn | 4.53 Bn | 174.73 Mn | 22.64% |
| 7 | Knife River | 3.28 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 287.60 Mn | 16.79% |
| 8 | Titan America | 2.11 Bn | 2.11 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Cementos Pacasmayo Saa | 1.10 Bn | 882.37 Mn | - | - |
| 10 | Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima | 1.03 Bn | 1.03 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 24.01% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 21.13% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.11% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 19.81% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.70% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 22.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 21.63% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 22.52% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.19% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.18% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.16% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 21.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.35% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.62% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.74% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.54% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.16% |
API Access
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "VMC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();