Risk factor
Negligible price volatility
Profitability factor
Strong margins and returns
About
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a natural resource-based building materials company, supplies aggregates and heavy-side building materials to the construction industry in the United States and internationally. It offers crushed stone, sand, and gravel products; ready mixed concrete and asphalt; paving products and services; and Portland and specialty cement for use in the infrastructure projects, and nonresidential and residential construction markets, as well as in the railroad, agricultural, utility, and environmental industries. The company also produces magnesia-based chemicals products that are used in industrial, agricultural, and environmental applications; and dolomitic lime primarily to customers for steel production and soil stabilization. Its chemical products are used in flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other environmental applications. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Company Valuation
Based on key historical and expected multiples, the stock is overvalued relative to its peers. In particular, the stock is reasonably priced on P/E, 'expensive' on EV/EBI
Target Price
The average target price of MLM is 657 and suggests 22% upside potential. Usually, this means a BUY recommendation among investment firms, or a recommendation to increase