CAMECO CORPORATION vs MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCJ and MLM diverge most: on debt / equity, CCJ reads 0.00 and MLM reads 0.47; on p/s, CCJ reads 14.56 and MLM reads 5.35. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CCJ's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What MLM's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CCJ | MLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $85.60 | $562.65 |
| Market cap | $37.3B | $34.0B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 86.2 | — |
| P/B | 7.34 | 3.01 |
| P/S | 14.56 | 5.35 |
| EV/EBITDA | 54.4 | 24.8 |
| Revenue growth | +24.4% | +10.5% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 22.8% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 19.4% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 10.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 6.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 5.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 2.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 3.15 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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