With a market cap of $35.7 billion, Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) is the largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates like crushed stone, sand, and gravel, also supplying asphalt and concrete. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, it operates over 400 facilities nationwide. The company is expected to report its Q2 earnings on Tuesday, Aug, 5.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect VMC to report a profit of $2.63 per share, up 11.9% from a profit of $2.35 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. It has exceeded analysts' earnings estimates in two of the past four quarters, while missing in the other two quarters.
