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FCF Margin for Vulcan Materials (VMC)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

13.9%

YoY change

+3.44pp

Trough year (1999)

-29.4%

Peak year (2004)

15.4%

FCF Margin history chart for Vulcan Materials (VMC) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 14.3%

FCF Margin change chart for Vulcan Materials (VMC) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +3.44pp

FCF Margin history table for Vulcan Materials (VMC) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202514.3%+3.44pp
  • 202410.9%+2.33pp
  • 20238.5%+1.21pp
  • 20227.3%-2.78pp
  • 202110.1%-4.48pp
  • 202014.6%+2.41pp
  • 201912.2%+3.88pp
  • 20188.3%+3.54pp
  • 20174.8%-3.44pp
  • 20168.2%+1.94pp
  • 20156.3%+5.07pp
  • 20141.2%-1.90pp
  • 20133.1%-2.56pp
  • 20125.7%+2.92pp
  • 20112.7%-1.81pp
  • 20104.5%-8.21pp
  • 200912.8%+10.51pp
  • 20082.2%-4.51pp
  • 20076.8%+2.44pp
  • 20064.3%-4.58pp
  • 20058.9%-6.46pp
  • 200415.4%+1.28pp
  • 200314.1%+6.04pp
  • 20028.0%+0.24pp
  • 20017.8%+15.31pp
  • 2000-7.5%+21.86pp
  • 1999-29.4%-38.35pp
  • 19989.0%-1.31pp
  • 199710.3%-2.08pp
  • 199612.4%+1.59pp
  • 199510.8%+2.14pp
  • 19948.6%+0.07pp
  • 19938.6%-3.12pp
  • 199211.7%-0.20pp
  • 199111.9%+4.62pp
  • 19907.3%-6.42pp
  • 198913.7%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Vulcan Materials's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Vulcan Materials (VMC)

According to Vulcan Materials's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 13.9%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

Vulcan Materials (VMC) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 14.31% (2025) – expanded 3.4 percentage points year-over-year.

2004 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 15.35%, with the historical low of -29.38% recorded in 1999.

Vulcan Materials FCF Margin by Year

Vulcan Materials FCF Margin 2025: 14.3%

Vulcan Materials posted free cash flow margin of 14.31% in 2025, expanded 3.4 percentage points from 2024.

Vulcan Materials FCF Margin 2024: 10.9%

In 2024, Vulcan Materials reported free cash flow margin of 10.87%, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2023.

Vulcan Materials FCF Margin 2023: 8.5%

Vulcan Materials free cash flow margin in 2023 was 8.54%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2022.

Vulcan Materials FCF Margin 2022: 7.3%

2022's free cash flow margin for Vulcan Materials came in at 7.32%, contracted 2.8 percentage points from 2021.

Vulcan Materials FCF Margin 2021: 10.1%

Vulcan Materials free cash flow margin in 2021 was 10.10%.

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