Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	1.78	$3.18B	$4.72	19.94
Martin Marietta Materials	$6.64B	5.10	$2.00B	$17.36	32.36

Which has more volatility and risk, CRH or MLM?

CRH has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CRH or MLM?

CRH currently has a consensus target price of $112.58, indicating a potential upside of 19.64%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus target price of $610.69, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Given CRH's higher possible upside, equities research 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

Does the media refer more to CRH or MLM?

In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 6 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 17 mentions for CRH. CRH's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 1.55 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CRH	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Martin Marietta Materials	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

62.5% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of CRH shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by 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.

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%

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 raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRH or MLM?

Martin Marietta Materials received 21 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.78% 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 63.78%	Underperform Votes 293 36.22%

Summary

Martin Marietta Materials beats CRH on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.