MLM vs. VMC, PWR, OTIS, HWM, LEN, URI, DHI, PHM, NVR, 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), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), D.R. Horton (DHI), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
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.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 1 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 12 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.55 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vulcan Materials presently has a consensus target price of $277.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus target price of $610.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
Vulcan Materials received 132 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.
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 26.9% 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 increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Martin Marietta Materials has increased 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.
90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term 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.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 11.92%. 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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