Growth Metrics

Vulcan Materials (VMC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Vulcan Materials (VMC) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 0.1% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.1%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.09%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.1% in Q3 2025 per VMC's latest filing, up from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.11% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: fell -2bps in 2022, then increased 3bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.08% in 2021, then dropped by -10bps to 0.07% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 47bps to 0.1% in 2023, then dropped by -9bps to 0.09% in 2024, then rose by 9bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.1% in Q3 2025, 0.09% in Q1 2025, and 0.09% in Q4 2024.