KINROSS GOLD 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 KGC and MLM diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), KGC reads -0.9% and MLM reads +20.9%; on debt / equity, KGC reads 0.00 and MLM reads 0.59. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KGC price has a different growth bar priced in than MLM (-0.9% implied for KGC vs +20.9% for MLM); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. 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 | KGC | MLM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.13 | $510.06 |
| Market cap | $35.5B | $30.7B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.9% | +20.9% |
| P/E | 14.9 | — |
| P/B | 4.09 | 2.66 |
| P/S | 5.04 | 4.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.7 | 25.2 |
| Revenue growth | +28.5% | +14.8% |
| Gross margin | 52.7% | 25.4% |
| Operating margin | 46.5% | 19.1% |
| Net margin | 35.0% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 28.4% | 10.0% |
| Return on assets | 19.9% | 5.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 29.1% | 5.8% |
| FCF yield | 7.2% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.59 |
| Current ratio | 2.35 | 1.41 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.69 | 2.82 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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