Martin Marietta Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Martin Marietta Materials in the last twelve months. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Martin Marietta Materials stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MLM, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Martin Marietta Materials saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 14th, there was short interest totaling 523,900 shares, an increase of 30.3% from the April 29th total of 402,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 420,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Martin Marietta Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 27th 2021.
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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 4th. The construction company reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.54. The construction company earned $982.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $968.53 million. Martin Marietta Materials had a net margin of 15.99% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.18%. The firm's revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.41 earnings per share.
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Martin Marietta Materials' stock was trading at $206.51 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MLM shares have increased by 65.7% and is now trading at $342.19.
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Martin Marietta Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.57 per share on Wednesday, June 30th. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 28th.
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Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.68%. Martin Marietta Materials has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Martin Marietta Materials is 19.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Martin Marietta Materials will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.22% next year. This indicates that Martin Marietta Materials will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Martin Marietta Materials updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.51 billion-$4.70 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.68 billion.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Martin Marietta Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $129.00 to $408.00. On average, they expect Martin Marietta Materials' stock price to reach $305.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.7%.
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125 employees have rated Martin Marietta Materials CEO C. Howard Nye on Glassdoor.com. C. Howard Nye has an approval rating of 84% among Martin Marietta Materials' 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.34%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (6.07%), Select Equity Group L.P. (4.81%), Morgan Stanley (2.70%), Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC (2.04%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.91%). Company insiders that own Martin Marietta Materials stock include C Howard Nye, John J Koraleski, John P Mohr, Roselyn R Bar, Stephen P Zelnak Jr and Sue W Cole.
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MLM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Select Equity Group L.P., M&G Investment Management Ltd., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Nitorum Capital L.P., William Blair Investment Management LLC, UBS Group AG, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Martin Marietta Materials company stock in the last year include C Howard Nye, Roselyn R Bar, and Sue W Cole.
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MLM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Amundi Asset Management US Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, BlackRock Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Tran Capital Management L.P., and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Martin Marietta Materials stock in the last two years include John J Koraleski, John P Mohr, and Stephen P Zelnak Jr.
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One share of MLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $342.19.

Martin Marietta Materials has a market capitalization of $21.34 billion and generates $4.73 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $721 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.54 on an earnings per share basis.

Martin Marietta Materials employs 8,700 workers across the globe.

Martin Marietta Materials was founded in 1993.

The official website for Martin Marietta Materials is www.martinmarietta.com.

Martin Marietta Materials is headquartered at 2710 WYCLIFF ROAD, RALEIGH NC, 27607.

Martin Marietta Materials' mailing address is 2710 WYCLIFF ROAD, RALEIGH NC, 27607. The construction company can be reached via phone at (919) 781-4550 or via email at [email protected]