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.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 126.0% year-over-year to 15.11% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 20.57%, a 168.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 20.4%, up 200.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin retreated to 15.11% in Q1 2026 per VMC's latest filing, from 19.81% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 23.7% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 9.54% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 16.82% (2024), against an average of 17.06%.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 1381 bps in 2022 and soared 912 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Margin 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.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest VMC Operating Margin figures stand at 15.11% (Q1 2026), 19.81% (Q4 2025), and 23.7% (Q3 2025).