MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. vs VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MLM and VMC diverge most: on revenue growth, MLM reads +14.8% and VMC reads +7.3%; on current ratio, MLM reads 1.41 and VMC reads 2.59. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's MLM price has a different growth bar priced in than VMC (+24.1% implied for MLM vs +20.4% for VMC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What MLM's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). 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 | MLM | VMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $524.98 | $268.61 |
| Market cap | $31.6B | $35.2B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.1% | +20.4% |
| P/E | — | 32.0 |
| P/B | 2.74 | 4.16 |
| P/S | 4.72 | 4.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.8 | 16.6 |
| Revenue growth | +14.8% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 24.1% |
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 15.1% |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 10.0% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.59 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 1.41 | 2.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.87 | 3.69 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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