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 return on invested capital, FCX reads 14.0% and MLM reads 5.8%; on revenue growth, FCX reads +6.2% and MLM reads +14.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FCX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What MLM's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FCX | MLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.62 | $524.98 |
| Market cap | $90.4B | $31.6B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/B | 2.87 | 2.74 |
| P/S | 3.42 | 4.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3 | 25.8 |
| Revenue growth | +6.2% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.4% |
| Operating margin | 34.2% | 19.1% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.0% | 5.8% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.59 |
| Current ratio | 2.39 | 1.41 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.77 | 2.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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