Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) reported quarterly earnings of $2.22 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.36 by 5.93 percent. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.004 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.026 billion by 1.09 percent. This is a 8.33 percent decrease over sales of $2.186 billion the same period last year.