MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC vs NEWMONT CORPORATION, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MLM and NEM diverge most: on debt / equity, MLM reads 0.52 and NEM reads 0.14; on ev/ebitda, MLM reads 17.3 and NEM reads 47.9. 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 | MLM | NEM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $478.18 | $117.87 |
| Market cap | $28.8B | $125.8B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.8% | — |
| P/E | — | 14.9 |
| P/B | 2.49 | 3.55 |
| P/S | 4.30 | 4.88 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 47.9 |
| Revenue growth | +14.8% | +25.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | — |
| Operating margin | 19.1% | — |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 33.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 24.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.8% | 7.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.14 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 2.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.70 | 4.15 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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