FBIN vs. MLM, JHX, CX, EXP, WFG, SKY, ACA, TGLS, CXT, and USLM
Should you be buying Fortune Brands Innovations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortune Brands Innovations include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Crane NXT (CXT), and United States Lime & Minerals (USLM). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Fortune Brands Innovations vs.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 30.54% compared to Fortune Brands Innovations' net margin of 10.24%. Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity of 22.05% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.
Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 25.6% 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.
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 23 more articles in the media than Fortune Brands Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 8 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.90 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Martin Marietta Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Brands Innovations. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortune Brands Innovations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Marietta Materials currently has a consensus price target of $639.43, suggesting a potential upside of 30.51%. Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus price target of $86.64, suggesting a potential upside of 32.25%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
Martin Marietta Materials received 481 more outperform votes than Fortune Brands Innovations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.70% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 45.16% of users gave Fortune Brands Innovations an outperform vote.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Fortune Brands Innovations on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FBIN) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff