FRANCO NEVADA Corp vs VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FNV and VMC diverge most: on debt / equity, FNV reads 0.00 and VMC reads 0.54; on p/s, FNV reads 31.28 and VMC reads 4.37. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What VMC'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 | VMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $212.94 | $268.61 |
| Market cap | $41.0B | $35.2B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +20.4% |
| P/E | 57.9 | 32.0 |
| P/B | 5.37 | 4.16 |
| P/S | 31.28 | 4.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.5 | 16.6 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | 73.6% | 24.1% |
| Operating margin | 82.8% | 15.1% |
| Net margin | 54.0% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.6% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 8.30 | 2.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.65 | 3.69 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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