Stocks · Industrials · Conglomerates
Valmont Industries, Inc. VMI
$478.74 +2.23% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $9.24B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $25.14, up 134.1% year over year.
- The shares trade at 19.0× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.23B, up 3.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth36Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 21%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Quality63Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginTop 45%
- Operating marginTop 26%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
- Interest coverTop 16%
Value74Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 42%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 45%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 12%
Momentum69Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnTop 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 37%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 35%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Revisions41Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 48%
Stability86Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 14%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 36%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.4% | 3.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 1.7% | 134.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 30.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 13.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.3% | 7.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 3.8% | 2.4% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 134.1% | 1.7% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 30.1% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 9.9% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 5.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.6% | 13.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 19.7% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.9% | — | Bottom 21% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.96×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- -0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.08×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.60%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.27%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.87%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +7.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $639.00
- Target vs current price
- +33.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 36%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | +5.9% | -3.9% | -5.9% | -3.6% | — |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +16.7% | +11.9% | +21.5% | +22.2% | +31.4% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -0.6% | -6.6% | -3.8% | -13.9% | +8.1% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | +7.3% | +1.4% | +1.5% | -4.5% | +7.6% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | +3.4% | +6.5% | +7.8% | +13.2% | +21.6% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | -0.9% | +3.2% | +8.8% | +19.8% | +24.8% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +5.8% | +17.5% | +6.9% | +1.9% | +0.5% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +2.8% | -2.3% | +7.8% | +12.7% | +11.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | $6.14 | $5.80 | +5.9% | $1.12B |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $5.51 | $4.72 | +16.7% | $1.03B |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $4.92 | $4.95 | -0.6% | $1.04B |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $4.98 | $4.64 | +7.3% | $1.05B |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $4.88 | $4.72 | +3.4% | $1.05B |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $4.32 | $4.36 | -0.9% | $969.3M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $3.84 | $3.63 | +5.8% | $1.04B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $4.11 | $4.00 | +2.8% | $1.02B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.0× | 26.8× | 5th | Top 17% |
| P/E (forward) | 20.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.8× | — | — | Top 42% |
| EV / Sales | 2.36× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.49% | — | — | Top 47% |
| Earnings yield | 5.25% | — | — | Top 17% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.1× – 36.1× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +22.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +134.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -43.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.9%
- RSI (14)
- 53.3
- Relative volume
- 0.91×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 22th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.97
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.48
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -30.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2022 | Oct 27, 2023 | -45.6% | 226 days | 258 days (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | -30.0% | 34 days | 87 days (Aug 12, 2025) |
| Jun 25, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -21.8% | 23 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -20.6% | 54 days | 58 days (Apr 21, 2022) |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -19.6% | 32 days | 17 days (Apr 23, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $9.24B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $25.14
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.23B
- Dividend yield
- 0.62%
- 52-week range
- $378.02 – $585.71
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.50B | $4.35B | $4.17B | $4.08B | $4.10B |
| Gross profit | $883.9M | $1.13B | $1.24B | $1.24B | $1.24B |
| Operating income | $286.8M | $433.2M | $291.6M | $524.6M | $522.3M |
| Net income | $195.6M | $250.9M | $143.5M | $348.3M | $350.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $9.10 | $11.62 | $6.78 | $17.19 | $16.79 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.02B | $1.04B | $969.3M | $1.05B | $1.05B | $1.04B | $1.03B | $1.12B |
| Net income | $83.1M | $77.7M | $87.3M | -$30.3M | $99.0M | $168.0M | $108.0M | $119.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.11 | $3.84 | $4.32 | -$1.53 | $4.98 | $8.51 | $5.51 | $6.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $65.9M | $326.3M | $306.8M | $572.7M | $456.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$107.8M | -$93.3M | -$96.8M | -$79.5M | -$145.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$41.9M | $233.0M | $210.0M | $493.2M | $311.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$41.4M | -$45.8M | -$49.5M | -$48.4M | -$52.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$26.1M | -$40.5M | -$345.3M | -$70.1M | -$191.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $139.1M
- Total assets
- $3.47B
- Total liabilities
- $1.73B
- Total debt
- $871.7M
- Net debt
- $732.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.73B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | $0.77 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.77 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.77 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | $0.68 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.68 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.68 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.68 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.60 | Jan 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 455,191
- Days to cover
- 2.93
- Change vs previous report
- -1.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 2, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Nov 27, 1989
- 2-for-1
- Sep 12, 1988
- 2-for-1
- Oct 13, 1981
- 2-for-1