MLM vs. VMC, CX, EXP, WFG, ACA, CXT, USLM, JBI, HLIO, and JELD
Should you be buying Martin Marietta Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Marietta Materials include Vulcan Materials (VMC), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Janus International Group (JBI), Helios Technologies (HLIO), and JELD-WEN (JELD). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.
Vulcan Materials received 130 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.99% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.
Martin Marietta Materials currently has a consensus target price of $617.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.60%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus target price of $277.08, indicating a potential upside of 5.58%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Martin Marietta Materials is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 11.92%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 26.9% 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.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 1 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 9 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 0.66 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Martin Marietta Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Vulcan Materials on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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