All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-03-06.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2026-03-06) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.7 billion in fiscal 2017 to $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 2.6% a year. 57% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 9 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, Valmont Industries, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 57% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 9 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-22, buying about $101 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 52%: owes 52¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, Valmont Industries, Inc. earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 37 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 52 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.6% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 34% of 35 in its family; net margin 8.6%.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 8.6% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of -1.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 37% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 31% of 28 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Applbaum, Avner M (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-08-02, 3.3 years (bottom 34% of its family); the 23 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 25%); 12 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 23 people in charge now (bottom 34%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 41% of 32 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $187 million against debt of $795 million leaves -18% of its assets as net cash, bottom 30% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.6% of revenue (top 39%); a gross margin of 30.2% (top 42%); research spending of 0.8% of revenue (bottom 16%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 38% of 34 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -1.9% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 26% of its family); the newest year grew 0.7% (bottom 34%); research spending grew -10.5% a year (bottom 14%); capital spending grew 15.9% a year (top 23%) (its annual reports). Valmont Industries, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Infrastructure at $3.1 billion (75%), Agriculture at $1.0 billion (25%); 1 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 37% of 34 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Valmont Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4% above the $3.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 43% of its family); net income of $354 million against a prior three-year average of $250 million (top 31%); a net margin of 8.6% against 6% before (top 22%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made