MLM vs. VMC, PWR, OTIS, LEN, URI, HWM, NVR, DHI, PHM, and WY
Should you be buying Martin Marietta Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Marietta Materials include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Quanta Services (PWR), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), NVR (NVR), D.R. Horton (DHI), PulteGroup (PHM), and Weyerhaeuser (WY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
Vulcan Materials received 131 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.95% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 20 more articles in the media than Vulcan Materials. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 20 mentions for Vulcan Materials. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.44 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vulcan Materials currently has a consensus price target of $273.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus price target of $588.69, indicating a potential downside of 0.48%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vulcan Materials pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vulcan Materials has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Martin Marietta Materials has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Vulcan Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Martin Marietta Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vulcan Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 11.99%. Vulcan Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Vulcan Materials on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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