VMC vs. MLM, EXP, USLM, TECK, SQM, SUM, MDU, KNF, HL, and SLCA
Should you be buying Vulcan Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vulcan Materials include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Eagle Materials (EXP), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), and U.S. Silica (SLCA).
Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vulcan Materials pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Vulcan Materials presently has a consensus price target of $277.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus price target of $610.27, suggesting a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Vulcan Materials' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 4 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 19 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 0.45 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vulcan Materials received 132 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.
Martin Marietta Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vulcan Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 11.92%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Vulcan Materials on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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