Eagle Materials (EXP) Competitors

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MLM or EXP?

95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Eagle Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate MLM or EXP?

Martin Marietta Materials currently has a consensus target price of $648.71, indicating a potential upside of 19.40%. Eagle Materials has a consensus target price of $301.44, indicating a potential upside of 17.38%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Martin Marietta Materials is more favorable than Eagle Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Martin Marietta Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Eagle Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has higher earnings & valuation, MLM or EXP?

Martin Marietta Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Martin Marietta Materials	$6.78B	4.90	$1.17B	$32.09	16.93
Eagle Materials	$2.26B	3.81	$477.64M	$14.16	18.14

Which has more volatility and risk, MLM or EXP?

Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MLM or EXP?

Martin Marietta Materials received 59 more outperform votes than Eagle Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.12% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Martin Marietta Materials	Outperform Votes 504 63.80%	Underperform Votes 286 36.20%
Eagle Materials	Outperform Votes 445 64.12%	Underperform Votes 249 35.88%

Is MLM or EXP more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 30.47% compared to Eagle Materials' net margin of 21.32%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 35.79% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Martin Marietta Materials	30.47%	12.53%	6.82%
Eagle Materials	21.32%	35.79%	16.18%

Is MLM or EXP a better dividend stock?

Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Materials pays out 7.1% 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.

Does the media refer more to MLM or EXP?

In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 6 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.53 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Martin Marietta Materials	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eagle Materials	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Martin Marietta Materials beats Eagle Materials on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.