FRANCO NEVADA Corp vs MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FNV and MLM diverge most: on debt / equity, FNV reads 0.00 and MLM reads 0.52; on p/s, FNV reads 36.01 and MLM reads 4.30. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | FNV | MLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $245.09 | $478.18 |
| Market cap | $47.2B | $28.8B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +20.8% |
| P/E | 66.6 | — |
| P/B | 6.19 | 2.49 |
| P/S | 36.01 | 4.30 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.8 | 17.3 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | 73.6% | 25.4% |
| Operating margin | 82.8% | 19.1% |
| Net margin | 54.0% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.6% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 8.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.52 |
| Current ratio | 8.30 | 1.41 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.65 | 2.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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