Martin Marietta Materials - MLM Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Martin Marietta Materials in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MLM shares.
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11 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Martin Marietta Materials' stock. Their MLM share price forecasts range from $350.00 to $450.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $396.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Martin Marietta Materials' stock was trading at $337.97 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MLM stock has increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $349.00.
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Martin Marietta Materials saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,320,000 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the November 30th total of 1,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 389,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 15th 2023.
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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 2nd. The construction company reported $4.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $4.74 by $0.05. The construction company had revenue of $1.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.67 billion. Martin Marietta Materials had a net margin of 13.59% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.43%.

Martin Marietta Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.66 per share on Friday, December 30th. This represents a $2.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 30th.
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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 0.76%. 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 19.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MLM will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.56% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Martin Marietta Materials updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.74 billion-$5.84 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.85 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (5.07%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.70%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.33%), Strs Ohio (0.15%), Abeille Asset Management SA (0.11%) and Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.11%). Insiders that own company 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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One share of MLM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $349.00.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) has a market capitalization of $21.67 billion and generates $5.41 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $702.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.43 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.