Stocks · Basic Materials · Construction Materials
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM
$482.27 +0.65% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $28.98B
Weak trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $40.70, up 125.7% year over year.
- At 11.8× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth55Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 27%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 36%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Quality39Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginTop 17%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 6%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Interest coverTop 43%
Value67Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 43%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Momentum19Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 18%
- 6-month returnBottom 29%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 20%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 44%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Revisions64Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 36%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 49%
Stability84Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 12%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.3% | 0.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 141.7% | 125.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 28.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 23.0% | 21.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.4% | 12.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.1% | -1.3% | ↑ | Bottom 27% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 125.7% | 141.7% | ↓ | Top 14% |
| Gross margin | 28.2% | 29.4% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | 21.1% | 23.0% | ↓ | Top 17% |
| Net margin | 36.8% | 16.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.1% | 14.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 5.5% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.0% | — | Top 36% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.62×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 4.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +12.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.80×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.70%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.67%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -4.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $645.80
- Target vs current price
- +33.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 40
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +5.0% | -5.2% | -2.9% | -6.6% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +8.4% | +1.0% | +0.4% | -6.2% | -6.7% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -19.5% | -6.6% | -6.5% | -15.6% | -15.2% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -11.2% | +1.0% | -0.4% | -1.8% | +5.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +2.3% | +0.4% | +3.7% | +3.5% | +2.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +1.1% | +3.8% | +6.0% | +9.0% | +16.0% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +3.7% | -2.2% | -1.5% | -12.2% | +2.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -5.9% | +3.6% | -0.2% | +2.2% | -7.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $5.00 | $4.76 | +5.0% | $1.95B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $1.93 | $1.78 | +8.4% | $1.36B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $3.85 | $4.78 | -19.5% | $1.53B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $5.97 | $6.72 | -11.2% | $1.85B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $5.43 | $5.31 | +2.3% | $1.81B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.90 | $1.88 | +1.1% | $1.35B |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $4.79 | $4.62 | +3.7% | $1.63B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $5.91 | $6.28 | -5.9% | $1.89B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 11.8× | 26.9× | 0th | Top 8% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.7× | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| EV / Sales | 5.21× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.79% | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| Earnings yield | 8.44% | — | — | Top 8% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.3× – 35.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -22.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +125.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -60.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -18.2%
- RSI (14)
- 38.2
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 60th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.73
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -31.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -32.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jul 1, 2022 | -33.0% | 127 days | 245 days (Jun 23, 2023) |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | -32.3% | 159 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -27.2% | 251 days | 103 days (Sep 5, 2025) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 | -13.9% | 57 days | 13 days (Nov 14, 2023) |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | -12.5% | 35 days | 17 days (Oct 25, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $28.98B
- P/E (TTM)
- 11.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $40.70
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.69B
- Dividend yield
- 0.69%
- 52-week range
- $470.19 – $710.97
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.41B | $6.16B | $6.78B | $6.54B | $6.54B |
| Gross profit | $1.35B | $1.42B | $2.02B | $1.88B | $1.96B |
| Operating income | $973.8M | $1.21B | $1.60B | $2.71B | $1.52B |
| Net income | $702.5M | $867.0M | $1.17B | $2.00B | $1.14B |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.22 | $13.87 | $18.82 | $32.41 | $18.80 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.89B | $1.63B | $1.35B | $1.81B | $1.85B | $1.53B | $1.36B | $1.95B |
| Net income | $363.0M | $294.0M | $116.0M | $328.0M | $414.0M | $279.0M | $1.51B | $256.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.91 | $4.79 | $1.90 | $5.43 | $6.85 | $4.62 | $25.06 | $4.17 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.14B | $991.0M | $1.53B | $1.46B | $1.78B |
| Capital expenditure | -$423.1M | -$482.0M | -$650.0M | -$855.0M | -$807.0M |
| Free cash flow | $714.6M | $509.0M | $878.0M | $604.0M | $978.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$147.8M | -$160.0M | -$174.0M | -$189.0M | -$197.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$18.2M | -$150.0M | -$150.0M | -$450.0M | -$450.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $112.0M
- Total assets
- $21.30B
- Total liabilities
- $9.76B
- Total debt
- $5.95B
- Net debt
- $5.84B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $11.55B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.84 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.83 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.83 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.83 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.83 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.79 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.79 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.79 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,906,618
- Days to cover
- 3.46
- Change vs previous report
- +7.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.