Vulcan Materials (VMC) reported $2.29 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 14.4%. EPS of $2.84 for the same period compares to $2.22 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.25 billion, representing a surprise of +1.67%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +5.97%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.68.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Vulcan performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average unit sales price per ton - Aggregates (freight adjusted): $22.01 compared to the $22.42 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Unit shipments - Aggregates: 64,700.00 KTon versus the four-analyst average estimate of 62,556.44 KTon.
- Unit shipments - Asphalt mix: 4,300.00 KTon compared to the 4,174.46 KTon average estimate based on three analysts.
- Unit shipments - Ready-mixed concrete: 1,200.00 KCuYd versus 1,139.85 KCuYd estimated by three analysts on average.
- Average unit sales price per ton - Asphalt mix: $82.70 versus $84.90 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Average unit sales price per cubic yard - Ready-mixed concrete: $190.90 versus the three-analyst average estimate of $190.20.
- Net Sales- Aggregates: $1.79 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $1.77 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +14%.
- Net Sales- Concrete: $237.5 million compared to the $212.85 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +36.2% year over year.
- Net Sales- Asphalt: $416.1 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $404.86 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +9.2%.
- Net Sales- Aggregates intersegment sales: $-154.2 million versus $-138.48 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +24.4% change.
- Gross profit- Aggregates: $612.1 million compared to the $614.42 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Gross Profit- Asphalt: $71 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $62.95 million.
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Shares of Vulcan have returned -2.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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