MLM vs. AWI, CRH, DY, EXP, IR, ITT, KNF, OC, VMC, and JHX
Should you be buying Martin Marietta Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Martin Marietta Materials include Armstrong World Industries (AWI), CRH (CRH), Dycom Industries (DY), Eagle Materials (EXP), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Knife River (KNF), Owens Corning (OC), Vulcan Materials (VMC), and James Hardie Industries (JHX).
Martin Marietta Materials vs. Its Competitors
Armstrong World Industries (NYSE:AWI) and Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Martin Marietta Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Armstrong World Industries. Armstrong World Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Marietta Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Armstrong World Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Armstrong World Industries pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 18.2% 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. Armstrong World Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Martin Marietta Materials has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
Armstrong World Industries has a net margin of 18.25% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 16.07%. Armstrong World Industries' return on equity of 39.37% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.
Armstrong World Industries has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Martin Marietta Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Armstrong World Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials and 6 mentions for Armstrong World Industries. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Armstrong World Industries' score of 1.25 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Armstrong World Industries currently has a consensus price target of $162.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.53%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus price target of $603.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.58%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Martin Marietta Materials is more favorable than Armstrong World Industries.
98.9% of Armstrong World Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Armstrong World Industries 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Armstrong World Industries on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MLM) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
