Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) Competitors

CRH (NYSE:CRH) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CRH or MLM?

62.5% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CRH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CRH or MLM?

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Marietta Materials. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Marietta Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CRH	$35.80B	1.70	$3.18B	$4.72	19.06
Martin Marietta Materials	$6.64B	4.92	$2.00B	$17.36	31.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRH or MLM?

Martin Marietta Materials received 21 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.70% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 56.96% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CRH	Outperform Votes 495 56.96%	Underperform Votes 374 43.04%
Martin Marietta Materials	Outperform Votes 516 63.70%	Underperform Votes 294 36.30%

Is CRH or MLM a better dividend stock?

CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. CRH pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 18.2% 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. Martin Marietta Materials has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate CRH or MLM?

CRH currently has a consensus price target of $112.58, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus price target of $610.69, suggesting a potential upside of 12.70%. Given CRH's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe CRH is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CRH	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Martin Marietta Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CRH or MLM more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 30.54% compared to CRH's net margin of 9.86%. CRH's return on equity of 16.35% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CRH	9.86%	16.35%	7.25%
Martin Marietta Materials	30.54%	12.11%	6.55%

Which has more risk & volatility, CRH or MLM?

CRH has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CRH or MLM?

In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 1 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 11 mentions for CRH. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat CRH's score of 1.47 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CRH	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Martin Marietta Materials	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Martin Marietta Materials beats CRH on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.