VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $476.28, VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC (VMI) is priced for +13.3% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed June 28, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
- Valmont makes the steel structures that hold up the grid and the machines that water crops: Infrastructure (utility, lighting, telecom poles and coatings) is about 75% of sales and Agriculture (center-pivot irrigation) the rest. Q1 2026 delivered record first-quarter EPS of $5.51, up 27.5%, on sales of $1.03 billion, with operating margin up 190 basis points to 15.1%. - The two halves are pulling in opposite directions. Infrastructure sales rose 14.2% with North America utility up 27.4%, whil
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584 institutional managers reported holding VMI in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 89% of the company; the top 10 hold 38%. 68 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 610k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (2.3 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
VMI has cut its share count 4% over the past five years, spending $722.04M on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (17 and counting); the current rate is $2.72 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $139.26M in dividends and $541.96M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at VMI over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 25 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
VMI's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-03 | +4.2% | +0.8% |
| 2023-03-02 | +4.7% | -13.0% |
| 2024-02-29 | -3.5% | +15.4% |
| 2024-05-09 | +18.5% | +5.9% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
VMI's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-28 (items 5.02); 2026-07-21 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-06-16 (items 7.01, 9.01); 2026-06-01 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-04-21 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: June 28, 2026
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