MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MLM and SCCO diverge most: on return on invested capital, MLM reads 5.8% and SCCO reads 34.3%; on return on equity, MLM reads 10.0% and SCCO reads 44.7%. 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 SCCO'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 | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $524.98 | $182.64 |
| Market cap | $31.6B | $151.4B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +22.6% |
| P/E | — | 27.0 |
| P/B | 2.74 | 11.92 |
| P/S | 4.72 | 9.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.8 | 15.6 |
| Revenue growth | +14.8% | +32.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | — |
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 61.2% |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 36.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 44.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 23.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | 34.3% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.59 | 0.63 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 5.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.87 | 7.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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