Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC) reported quarterly earnings of $1.70 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.13 by 20.04 percent. This is a 21.66 percent decrease over earnings of $2.17 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.913 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.958 billion by 2.30 percent. This is a 3.18 percent increase over sales of $1.854 billion the same period last year.