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Back to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
How Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. stacks up
MLM · against 53 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
82/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #21 of 54 · scores higher than 62% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including MLM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 82?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and operating margin, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.3% vs peer median 6.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 85% of peers. Operating margin: 20.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 91% of peers. Return on assets: 11.5% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MLM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MLM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 54 reported | 6.3% | 11.9% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 54 reported | 20.6% | 18.1% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 47 reported | 11.5% | 7.0% | 74% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 47 reported | 8.9% | 13.6% | 30% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 54 reported | 28.2% | 37.2% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MLM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.22T INR (≈$26.7B) | 100 | 74 | |
| 2 | 41.2B USD | 98 | 88 | |
| 2 | 30.8B USD | 98 | 83 | |
| 4 | 23.6B USD | 97 | 81 | |
| 5 | 263.2B HKD (≈$33.7B) | 96 | 71 | |
| 17 | 44.3B AUD (≈$29.3B) | 88 | 73 | |
| 17 | 19.6B USD | 88 | 76 | |
| 19 | 34.3B AUD (≈$22.6B) | 86 | 65 | |
| 20 | 2.34T INR (≈$28.0B) | 85 | 61 | |
| 21 | 38.6B USD | 82 | 60 | |
| 22 | 39.8B GBP (≈$51.8B) | 81 | 47 | |
| 23 | 36.5B CHF (≈$41.9B) | 79 | 44 | |
| 24 | 215.8B SAR (≈$58.3B) | 78 | 64 | |
| 25 | 35.5B USD | 77 | 60 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score