Freeport-McMoRan Inc. vs MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FCX and MLM diverge most: on revenue growth, FCX reads +0.8% and MLM reads +14.8%; on return on invested capital, FCX reads 12.8% and MLM reads 5.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FCX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). 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 | FCX | MLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $71.12 | $510.06 |
| Market cap | $102.6B | $30.7B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +20.9% |
| P/B | 3.18 | 2.66 |
| P/S | 3.96 | 4.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7 | 25.2 |
| Revenue growth | +0.8% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.4% |
| Operating margin | 28.5% | 19.1% |
| Net margin | 16.2% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.0% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 7.0% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.8% | 5.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.33 | 0.59 |
| Current ratio | 2.07 | 1.41 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.00 | 2.82 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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