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
Revenue & EPS history
Vulcan Materials · Revenue · Quarterly
$2.19B
Revenue by segment
Vulcan Materials · $2.34B total across 3 segments · Q3 2023
- Aggregates$1.63B+9.1%69.6%
- Concrete$365M-19.1%15.6%
- Asphalt$347M+11.9%14.9%
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
+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
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (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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