MLM vs. VMC, WY, PWR, ROL, NVR, HWM, URI, LEN, PHM, and WSO
Should you be buying Martin Marietta Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Marietta Materials include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Quanta Services (PWR), Rollins (ROL), NVR (NVR), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), United Rentals (URI), Lennar (LEN), PulteGroup (PHM), and Watsco (WSO). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Martin Marietta Materials vs.
Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 14.07% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 7.87%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 11.03% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Vulcan Materials presently has a consensus price target of $204.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.15%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus price target of $404.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.16%. Given Vulcan Materials' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 8 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 0.16 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martin Marietta Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vulcan Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vulcan Materials received 136 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.04% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.
Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Vulcan Materials pays out 39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 19.0% 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. Vulcan Materials has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Martin Marietta Materials has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Vulcan Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.1% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Vulcan Materials on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MLM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Martin Marietta Materials Competitors List
