MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. vs RIO TINTO PLC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MLM and RIO diverge most: on revenue growth, MLM reads +14.8% and RIO reads -2.4%; on debt / equity, MLM reads 0.59 and RIO reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MLM's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What RIO'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 | RIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $524.98 | $96.83 |
| Market cap | $31.6B | $157.3B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -1.2% |
| P/E | — | 15.8 |
| P/B | 2.74 | 2.35 |
| P/S | 4.72 | 2.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.8 | 9.9 |
| Revenue growth | +14.8% | -2.4% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | — |
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | 15.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 10.7% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.59 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 1.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.87 | 2.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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