BHP GROUP LIMITED vs MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BHP and MLM diverge most: on revenue growth, BHP reads -1.1% and MLM reads +14.8%; on debt / equity, BHP reads 0.00 and MLM reads 0.52. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BHP price has a different growth bar priced in than MLM (+6.1% implied for BHP vs +20.8% for MLM); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What MLM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BHP | MLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.73 | $478.18 |
| Market cap | $220.0B | $28.8B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.1% | +20.8% |
| P/E | 24.4 | — |
| P/B | 4.21 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 4.29 | 4.30 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.3 | 17.3 |
| Revenue growth | -1.1% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.4% |
| Operating margin | 38.0% | 19.1% |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 21.3% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.6% | 8.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 2.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.52 |
| Current ratio | 1.46 | 1.41 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.02 | 2.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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