NYSE$VMC

Vulcan Materials Co · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported strong earnings growth driven by sales and operating execution, with margin expansion in all product lines.

Vulcan Materials reported strong third-quarter results with sales and operating execution driving earnings growth and margin expansion in all product lines. Adjusted EBITDA has improved 23 percent over the prior year, and aggregates cash gross profit per ton has improved 21 percent and now exceeds $9 per ton.

  • Adjusted EBITDA has improved 23 percent over the prior year.
  • Margin has expanded 340 basis points year to date.
  • Aggregates cash gross profit per ton has improved 21 percent and now exceeds $9 per ton.
  • Full-year Adjusted EBITDA is now expected to be $1.95 to $2.00 billion for 2023.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$2.19B

Previous: $2.09B+4.7%
EPS (adj)

$2.29

Previous: $1.78+28.7%
Aggregates Tons Shipped

63.9

Previous: 65.4-2.3%
Aggregates Avg Price

$19.29

Previous: $16.79+14.9%
Asphalt Mix Tons

4.0M

Previous: 3.6M+11.1%
Asphalt Avg Price

$76.22

Previous: $74.80+1.9%
Concrete Cubic Yards

2.1M

Previous: 2.9M-27.6%
Concrete Avg Price

$169.98

Previous: $153.54+10.7%
Capital Expenditures

-$666M

Previous: -$450M-47.9%
Free Cash Flow

-$390M

Previous: -$273M-42.6%
Net Income

$277M

Previous: $177M+56.1%
Operating Income

$419M

Previous: $305M+37.2%
Gross Profit

$591M

Previous: $493M+19.9%
Cash & Equivalents

$340M

Previous: $122M+177.8%
Total Assets

$14.6B

Previous: $14.6B+0.0%
Stock-Based Comp

$19.2M

Previous: $9.7M+97.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Vulcan Materials · Revenue · Quarterly

$2.19B

Q3 2023+4.7%vs Q3 2022
Beat estimate in 8 of 15 quarters(53%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Vulcan Materials · $2.34B total across 3 segments · Q3 2023

  • Aggregates
    $1.63B+9.1%
  • Concrete
    $365M-19.1%
  • Asphalt
    $347M+11.9%

Forward guidance

Vulcan expects 2024 to be another year of earnings growth and strong cash generation.

Tailwinds

  • Leading indicators remain supportive of continued growth in public construction activity.
  • Vulcan is well positioned in high growth markets where the need is greatest.
  • Recovery in single-family construction activity and healthy shipment levels to large industrial-related projects, particularly manufacturing, will help partially offset continued softness in multi-family construction as well as other categories of nonresidential.
  • The overall pricing environment remains positive, and the company carries good momentum into 2024.
  • Continued execution on our operating and commercial disciplines will lead to another year of earnings growth in 2024.

Headwinds

  • Softness in multi-family construction.
  • Softness in other categories of nonresidential construction.
  • General economic and business conditions
  • Domestic and global political, economic or diplomatic developments
  • A pandemic, epidemic or other public health emergency, such as the COVID-19 outbreak

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

+0.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.0%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.4%

Avg return

30 days after

56%

41 / 73 earnings

Positive

+20.1%

Q3 2018

Best reaction

-8.3%

Q1 2009

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+0.9%-1.3%-2.8%
Q4 2025-7.6%-6.8%-21.6%
Q3 2025-1.6%-0.9%+0.8%
Q2 2025+0.7%+3.8%+6.7%
Q1 2025+6.9%+10.1%+8.0%
Q4 2024+0.9%-6.5%-11.7%
Q3 2024+5.5%+3.6%+11.0%
Q2 2024-6.3%-5.1%-9.8%
Q1 2024+1.8%+3.3%-1.5%
Q4 2023+3.7%+4.5%+10.1%
Q3 2023-4.8%-3.4%+4.1%
Q2 2023+1.3%+1.7%-0.1%
Q1 2023+8.4%+8.1%+13.5%
Q4 2022-5.0%-7.6%-17.6%
Q3 2022+2.6%+4.5%+12.0%
Q2 2022+3.5%+2.6%-0.8%
Q1 2022+0.1%-7.9%-6.2%
Q4 2021-0.8%-2.0%-3.0%
Q3 2021+0.5%+5.5%-1.9%
Q2 2021-1.7%+1.3%-0.3%
Q1 2021+5.5%+6.7%+1.8%
Q4 2020-1.6%-0.1%+2.2%
Q3 2020-1.2%+2.7%+7.4%
Q2 2020+7.7%+10.7%+5.4%
Q1 2020-5.4%-10.1%+14.9%
Q4 2019-7.9%-8.9%-38.6%
Q3 2019-2.6%-3.2%+1.8%
Q2 2019-0.5%+2.0%+1.6%
Q1 2019+3.8%+4.9%+0.9%
Q4 2018+6.8%+6.9%+6.3%
Q3 2018+20.1%+20.8%+27.0%
Q2 2018-3.3%-2.3%-4.3%
Q1 2018+8.0%+11.5%+13.8%
Q4 2017-6.7%-8.6%-12.2%
Q3 2017+2.1%+2.3%-0.4%
Q2 2017+0.8%+1.4%+1.7%
Q1 2017+2.3%+3.6%+3.3%
Q4 2016-6.1%-4.3%-8.7%
Q3 2016-1.3%+2.4%+9.9%
Q2 2016-6.0%-4.0%-8.2%
Q1 2016+2.9%
Q4 2015+6.4%
Q3 2015+0.4%
Q2 2015+8.7%
Q1 2015-3.2%
Q4 2014+5.3%
Q3 2014+2.8%
Q2 2014-1.4%
Q1 2014-4.3%
Q4 2013+7.6%
Q3 2013+5.2%
Q2 2013+4.3%
Q1 2013+10.5%
Q4 2012-1.5%
Q3 2012+0.6%
Q2 2012-5.7%
Q4 2011-0.7%
Q1 2012+1.4%
Q3 2011-2.8%
Q2 2011+2.3%
Q1 2011+1.4%
Q4 2010-3.0%
Q3 2010+5.2%
Q4 2007+5.2%
Q2 2010-2.3%
Q1 2009-8.3%
Q1 2010+3.0%
Q4 2009-3.5%
Q4 2008-3.5%
Q3 2009+3.7%
Q3 2008+3.7%
Q2 2008-1.7%
Q2 2009-1.7%

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