# Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI) — Stock CV

Valmont Industries, Inc. is a $9.03B industrial company. Revenue grew 3.8% over the last year, it keeps 12¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~1.9 years of free cash flow. It trades at 18.2× earnings — near the lowest of its own history.

> Valmont Industries Inc, along with its subsidiaries, operates as a manufacturer of products and services for infrastructure and agriculture markets. Its reportable segments are Infrastructure and Agriculture.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: VMI
- **Sector**: Industrials
- **Industry**: Fabricated Structural Metal Products
- **Headquarters**: OMAHA, NE
- **Employees**: 10 791
- **Website**: https://www.valmont.com
- **Market cap**: $9.03B
- **Last price**: $467.81
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $4.23B
- **Net income**: $495M
- **Free cash flow**: $322M
- **Net debt**: $608M
- **P/E**: 18.2
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 3.8%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 77 |
| Growth | 46 |
| Profitability | 77 |
| Health | 62 |
| Quality | 80 |
| Moat | 49 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 10 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +3.8% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $495M TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +14.8% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $322M TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~1.9y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $9.03B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -4.2% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 9/9 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 50/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.61%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 18.2

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $350M net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 9 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $2.52B in first reported year
- **2014** — Valmont acquired Shakespeare Composite Structures from Philips in 2014

## Strengths

- Interest covered 14.1× by operating earnings
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 15.6%)

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $3.50B | $196M | -$41.9M |
| FY2022 | $4.35B | $251M | $233M |
| FY2023 | $4.17B | $151M | $210M |
| FY2024 | $4.08B | $348M | $493M |
| FY2025 | $4.10B | $350M | $311M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/VMI — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.