Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, CRH or MLM?

CRH has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRH or MLM?

Martin Marietta Materials received 15 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CRH	Outperform Votes 489 56.86%	Underperform Votes 371 43.14%
Martin Marietta Materials	Outperform Votes 504 63.80%	Underperform Votes 286 36.20%

Does the media prefer CRH or MLM?

In the previous week, CRH had 1 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CRH and 11 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. CRH's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.64 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CRH	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Martin Marietta Materials	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CRH or MLM?

62.5% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CRH or MLM?

CRH currently has a consensus price target of $107.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.30%. Martin Marietta Materials has a consensus price target of $648.71, suggesting a potential upside of 19.40%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Martin Marietta Materials is more favorable than CRH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CRH	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Martin Marietta Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CRH or MLM a better dividend stock?

CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. CRH pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 9.8% 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CRH or MLM?

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRH, 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
CRH	$34.95B	1.90	$3.18B	$5.00	19.54
Martin Marietta Materials	$6.78B	4.90	$1.17B	$32.09	16.93

Is CRH or MLM more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 30.47% compared to CRH's net margin of 9.86%. CRH's return on equity of 16.35% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CRH	9.86%	16.35%	7.25%
Martin Marietta Materials	30.47%	12.53%	6.82%

Summary

Martin Marietta Materials beats CRH on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.