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Construction materials

Aggregates, cement and building-products makers, read through their filings, US construction spending and housing starts, cement and materials prices, and where US cement and lumber imports come from.

Companies covered
8
Latest quarter filed
Jun 30, 2026
SEC filings, last 30 days
3
Comment periods open
0
SEC EDGAR read
02:34 UTC, Oct 8

The numbers

US government series, latest print and the change on a year earlier · Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

US construction spending

2,203

$ billion a year

-1.7% on a year earlier

Aug 2026 · FRED TTLCONS

US housing starts

1,275

thousand a year

-1.2% on a year earlier

Aug 2026 · FRED HOUST

Producer prices, cement

352.4

index

-1.2% on a year earlier

Aug 2026 · FRED PCU327310327310

Producer prices, construction materials

375.9

index

+10.1% on a year earlier

Aug 2026 · FRED WPUSI012011

Ninety days of filings

Every SEC filing by the companies below, one row each · move across to read a day

Thu, Oct 8, 2026

No filings by the covered companies

Jul 11 to Oct 8 · 32 filings, 0 in the last seven days · SEC EDGAR. Tall: quarterly and annual reports. Middle: current reports (8-K). Short: other forms. Red: an 8-K item that says something went wrong.

What changed

Filings by the companies below, last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

Rules and notices

Federal Register, last 45 days

Matched by title against the industry’s terms; paperwork renewals and meeting notices left out · read 00:28 UTC, Oct 8

Who is exposed

Trailing twelve months to each company’s latest quarter, from its own XBRL filings · SEC EDGAR
Across Revenue growth, last twelve months on the twelve beforeUp Operating margin, last twelve monthsSize Revenue, last twelve monthsRing Filed a current report (8-K) this week; red if it says something went wrongDot inside Beyond the scale, pinned to its edge

CompanyQuarter toRevenueGrowthGross marginOp. marginCapex / revenueCapex growthInventory daysBacklog
Vulcan Materials VMCAggregatesDec 31, 2023Older than a year$7.8B+6.4%——————
Martin Marietta MLMAggregatesJun 30, 2026$6.7B+14.8%28.2%20.6%10.6%-23.6%89$240M-4.8%
CRH CRHCement, aggregates and pavingJun 30, 2026$38.6B+6.3%36.2%14.3%6.9%-3.5%76$3.3B-19.6%
Eagle Materials EXPCement and wallboardJun 30, 2026$2.3B+1.7%27.0%—19.8%+93.7%82—
Knife River KNFAggregates and pavingJun 30, 2026$3.3B+12.1%17.8%8.3%8.2%-9.3%68$1.2B-4.3%
United States Lime USLMLimeJun 30, 2026$377M+7.0%48.5%42.1%18.8%+59.8%60—
Owens Corning OCRoofing and insulationJun 30, 2026$9.8B-7.2%26.0%0.5%8.7%+15.7%73—
Builders FirstSource BLDRBuilding-products distributionJun 30, 2026$14.4B-9.4%29.2%3.0%1.8%-33.3%45—
Median of 7 with a current year+6.3%28.2%11.3%8.7%

Growth compares the latest twelve months with the twelve before. A quarter a company reports only inside a year-to-date total is the difference of the two totals it filed; a ratio is shown only when both sides cover the same four quarters. Backlog is remaining performance obligations, with its change on a year earlier. A dash means the company does not report that line.

What to watch

Comment deadlines and effective dates ahead · Federal Register

Where US supply comes from

US imports, Jul 2026 · UN Comtrade
  • HS 2523Cement · $246M · +8.0% on a year earlierCanada 27% · Türkiye 24% · Vietnam 21%
  • HS 4407Sawn lumber · $561M · -26.8% on a year earlierCanada 67% · Germany 9% · Sweden 6%
  • HS 6810Concrete and stone products · $215M · -3.3% on a year earlierVietnam 18% · India 15% · Thailand 14%

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A cement plant at Dibba Al Hisn in the United Arab Emirates, its two kiln towers in front of the Hajar Mountains, with heaps of raw material in the foreground
Photo: Mike Che · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Numbers Disagree

Cement prices in the UAE have outrun the forecast for building costs

Buyers of construction work carry more of the risk of rising prices when a quoted price for some materials may be guaranteed for only about a month, and one cement producer says its average selling price is higher than a year ago.

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