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.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 2 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 11 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Martin Marietta Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 0.60 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 26.9% 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.
Martin Marietta Materials presently has a consensus price target of $610.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.08%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus price target of $277.08, suggesting a potential upside of 6.94%. Given Vulcan Materials' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
Martin Marietta Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 Vulcan Materials' net margin of 11.92%. Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Vulcan Materials on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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