TTM
20.6%
YoY change
+1.67pp
Trough year (2010)
-0.6%
Peak year (2004)
23.7%
Latest annual
20.1%
Operating Margin history chart for Vulcan Materials (VMC) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 20.1%
Operating Margin change chart for Vulcan Materials (VMC) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +1.67pp
Operating Margin history table for Vulcan Materials (VMC) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 20.1% | +1.67pp | ||
| 2024 | 18.4% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2023 | 18.3% | +5.34pp | ||
| 2022 | 13.0% | -5.20pp | ||
| 2021 | 18.2% | -0.24pp | ||
| 2020 | 18.4% | +0.64pp | ||
| 2019 | 17.8% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2018 | 17.1% | +0.63pp | ||
| 2017 | 16.4% | -2.11pp | ||
| 2016 | 18.5% | +2.47pp | ||
| 2015 | 16.1% | -1.91pp | ||
| 2014 | 18.0% | +11.10pp | ||
| 2013 | 6.9% | +3.57pp | ||
| 2012 | 3.3% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2011 | 2.5% | +3.04pp | ||
| 2010 | -0.6% | -6.09pp | ||
| 2009 | 5.5% | -1.30pp | ||
| 2008 | 6.8% | -14.65pp | ||
| 2007 | 21.5% | +0.67pp | ||
| 2006 | 20.8% | +4.33pp | ||
| 2005 | 16.5% | -7.27pp | ||
| 2004 | 23.7% | +7.42pp | ||
| 2003 | 16.3% | +4.25pp | ||
| 2002 | 12.1% | -3.85pp | ||
| 2001 | 15.9% | +2.25pp | ||
| 2000 | 13.7% | -1.54pp | ||
| 1999 | 15.2% | -4.11pp | ||
| 1998 | 19.3% | +2.42pp | ||
| 1997 | 16.9% | -0.60pp | ||
| 1996 | 17.5% | -0.06pp | ||
| 1995 | 17.6% | +6.12pp | ||
| 1994 | 11.4% | -0.53pp | ||
| 1993 | 12.0% | -1.34pp | ||
| 1992 | 13.3% | +4.85pp | ||
| 1991 | 8.5% | -8.18pp | ||
| 1990 | 16.6% | -2.04pp | ||
| 1989 | 18.7% | -1.11pp | ||
| 1988 | 19.8% | -0.83pp | ||
| 1987 | 20.6% | +4.37pp | ||
| 1986 | 16.3% | +3.30pp | ||
| 1985 | 13.0% | — |
- 202520.1%+1.67pp
- 202418.4%+0.05pp
- 202318.3%+5.34pp
- 202213.0%-5.20pp
- 202118.2%-0.24pp
- 202018.4%+0.64pp
- 201917.8%+0.74pp
- 201817.1%+0.63pp
- 201716.4%-2.11pp
- 201618.5%+2.47pp
- 201516.1%-1.91pp
- 201418.0%+11.10pp
- 20136.9%+3.57pp
- 20123.3%+0.83pp
- 20112.5%+3.04pp
- 2010-0.6%-6.09pp
- 20095.5%-1.30pp
- 20086.8%-14.65pp
- 200721.5%+0.67pp
- 200620.8%+4.33pp
- 200516.5%-7.27pp
- 200423.7%+7.42pp
- 200316.3%+4.25pp
- 200212.1%-3.85pp
- 200115.9%+2.25pp
- 200013.7%-1.54pp
- 199915.2%-4.11pp
- 199819.3%+2.42pp
- 199716.9%-0.60pp
- 199617.5%-0.06pp
- 199517.6%+6.12pp
- 199411.4%-0.53pp
- 199312.0%-1.34pp
- 199213.3%+4.85pp
- 19918.5%-8.18pp
- 199016.6%-2.04pp
- 198918.7%-1.11pp
- 198819.8%-0.83pp
- 198720.6%+4.37pp
- 198616.3%+3.30pp
- 198513.0%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at Vulcan Materials (VMC)
According to Vulcan Materials's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 20.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual operating margin for Vulcan Materials (VMC) came in at 20.06% – expanded 1.7 percentage points year-over-year.
2004 marks the peak operating margin at 23.74%, with the historical low of -0.57% recorded in 2010.
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin by Year
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin 2025: 20.1%
Vulcan Materials posted operating margin of 20.06% in 2025, expanded 1.7 percentage points from 2024.
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin 2024: 18.4%
In 2024, Vulcan Materials reported operating margin of 18.40%, expanded 0.1 percentage points from 2023.
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin 2023: 18.3%
Vulcan Materials operating margin in 2023 was 18.34%, expanded 5.3 percentage points from 2022.
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin 2022: 13.0%
2022's operating margin for Vulcan Materials came in at 13.01%, contracted 5.2 percentage points from 2021.
Vulcan Materials Operating Margin 2021: 18.2%
Vulcan Materials operating margin in 2021 was 18.21%.
See more financial history for Vulcan Materials (VMC).
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