# Valmont Industries Inc. (VMI) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Building Products. Price $481.46, market value $9.3 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 18.8×** (5-yr avg 25.9×, 3-yr avg 25.3×). Valmont Industries Inc. trades at 18.8× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 25.9×: cheap by its own standards. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 18.5×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 2.2×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.2×.
- **Price / book: 5.4×**. The shares trade at 5.4× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 14.8×**. Enterprise value is 14.8× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 3.5%** (5-yr avg 4.9%). Free cash flow equals 3.5% of the market value, below its five-year average of 4.9%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.
- **Earnings yield: 5.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 30.4%**. Valmont Industries Inc. keeps 30.4% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 13.7%**. 13.7% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 8.5%**. 8.5% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 21.5%**. 21.5% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 20.4%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 20.4%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 14.7%**. Each dollar of assets produces 14.7% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 0.7%** (3-yr -1.9%/yr, 5-yr 3.2%/yr). Revenue grew 0.7% over the last year, against 3.2% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -2.3%** (3-yr 13.1%/yr, 5-yr 13.0%/yr). Earnings per share fell 2.3%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 10.2%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 10.2% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.49**. Debt is 0.49 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 0.9×**. It would take 0.9 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 5.53**. A Z-score of 5.53 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.64%** ($2.90 per share, trailing). Valmont Industries Inc. yields 0.64%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 15%** (17% of free cash flow). 15% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 26**. 26 straight years of increases (the data covers 26 years, so this may be longer): a record very few companies hold.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 8.6%/yr** (1-yr 13.3%). The dividend has grown 8.6% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 28.4%** (YTD 20.1%, 3-mo -9.7%). The shares are up 28.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -17.8%** (33.2% above the low). Trading 18% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 47**. An RSI of 47 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.26** (volatility 31%). Beta of 1.26 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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