Martin Marietta Materials - MLM Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Martin Marietta Materials in the last year. There are currently 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MLM shares.
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12 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Martin Marietta Materials' stock. Their MLM share price forecasts range from $375.00 to $475.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $411.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 30.1% from the stock's current price.
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Martin Marietta Materials' stock was trading at $440.52 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MLM stock has decreased by 28.3% and is now trading at $315.95.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The construction company reported $3.96 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.09 by $0.13. The construction company had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.59 billion. Martin Marietta Materials had a net margin of 13.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.28%. The business's revenue was up 19.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.81 earnings per share.
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Martin Marietta Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.66 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $2.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 31st. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.61.
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Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.82%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.67%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MLM will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.70% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Martin Marietta Materials issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.77 billion-$5.91 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.86 billion.

125 employees have rated Martin Marietta Materials Chief Executive Officer C. Howard Nye on Glassdoor.com. C. Howard Nye has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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Martin Marietta Materials trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MLM."

Martin Marietta Materials' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (5.77%), State Street Corp (4.16%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.98%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.31%), Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC (1.73%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.64%). Insiders that own company stock include C Howard Nye, John J Koraleski, John P Mohr, John P Mohr, Roselyn R Bar, Stephen P Zelnak Jr and Sue W Cole.
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One share of MLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $315.95.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) has a market capitalization of $19.71 billion and generates $5.41 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $702.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.77 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

Martin Marietta Materials' mailing address is 2710 WYCLIFF ROAD, RALEIGH NC, 27607. The official website for the company is www.martinmarietta.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (919) 781-4550, via email at suzanne.osberg@martinmarietta.com, or via fax at 919-783-4535.