Martin Marietta Materials
Martin Marietta Materials' revenue rose 8.6% to $6.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 23.4%, down from 43.8% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $978 million, up 61.9%. It paid out $647 million in dividends and buybacks, 66% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.6%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 12.3% a year and net income 11.5% a year, as buybacks cut the share count by 5%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Martin Marietta Materials yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Martin Marietta Materials' 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Martin Marietta Materials' fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $978M, net cash of −$5.6B at December 31, 2025 and 61 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Martin Marietta Materials: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, -0.1% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 12%: 11% for a cyclical or higher-risk business (Construction Materials), plus 1 point for unsteady results (revenue fell in two of the last five years); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $503.92
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Martin Marietta Materials' earnings per share of $40.70 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 18.3×, the middle of Martin Marietta Materials' own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 13%, 12% and 11%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $503.92
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Martin Marietta Materials' P/E at the last close
- 12.4×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan MaterialsVMC | $261.48 | $8.40 | 31.1× |
| Knife RiverKNF | $52.91 | $2.45 | 21.6× |
| CRHCRH | $85.43 | $5.67 | 15.1× |
| Eagle MaterialsEXP | $173.96 | $12.69 | 13.7× |
| Martin Marietta MaterialsMLM | $503.92 | $40.70 | 12.4× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 258 | 358 | 1,272 | 670 | 67 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 5,305 | 5,240 | 4,546 | 5,616 | 5,625 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 5,047 | 4,882 | 3,274 | 4,946 | 5,558 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 3.5x | 2.9x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 2.7x |
| Debt to equity | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | 6.8x | 7.1x | 8.1x | 14.7x | 6.2x |
| Current ratio | 2.7x | 2.0x | 3.4x | 2.4x | 3.6x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.4x | 2.5x | 1.4x | 2.4x |
Insider trades
No officer, director or 10% owner of Martin Marietta Materials reported buying or selling its shares on the open market between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026.
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 8 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −2.4% | 3.2% | −3.5% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Marietta Materials | FY25 | 8.6% | 23.4% | 15.9% | 7.7% | 2.7x | 7 | |
| Vulcan Materials | FY25 | 7.1% | 20.4% | 14.3% | 9.8% | 1.8x | 8 | Compare |
| Knife River | FY25 | 8.5% | 9.1% | −2.2% | 9.1% | 2.3x | 3 | Compare |
| Eagle Materials | FY26 | 2.1% | — | 8.6% | 16.3% | 2.0x | 5 | Compare |
| CRH | FY25 | 5.3% | 14.5% | 7.8% | 11.8% | 1.9x | 7 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 3,819 | 3,966 | 4,244 | 4,739 | 4,730 | 5,414 | 6,161 | 5,851 | 5,662 | 6,150 |
| Revenue growth | 7.9% | 3.9% | 7.0% | 11.7% | −0.2% | 14.5% | 13.8% | −5.0% | −3.2% | 8.6% |
| Gross profit | 912 | 972 | 967 | 1,179 | 1,253 | 1,348 | 1,423 | 1,745 | 1,636 | 1,889 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 677 | 700 | 691 | 885 | 1,005 | 974 | 1,207 | 1,333 | 2,479 | 1,437 |
| Net income | 425 | 713 | 470 | 612 | 721 | 702 | 867 | 1,169 | 1,995 | 1,137 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 6.63 | 11.25 | 7.43 | 9.74 | 11.54 | 11.22 | 13.87 | 18.82 | 32.41 | 18.77 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 61 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 689 | 658 | 705 | 966 | 1,050 | 1,138 | 991 | 1,528 | 1,459 | 1,785 |
| Capital expenditure | 387 | 410 | 376 | 394 | 360 | 423 | 482 | 650 | 855 | 807 |
| Free cash flow | 302 | 247 | 329 | 573 | 690 | 715 | 509 | 878 | 604 | 978 |
| Dividends paid | 105 | 109 | 116 | 130 | 140 | 148 | 160 | 174 | 189 | 197 |
| Share buybacks | 259 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 50 | 0 | 150 | 150 | 450 | 450 |
| Acquisitions | 174 | 12 | 1,642 | 0 | 65 | 3,109 | 11 | 0 | 3,642 | 685 |
| Stock-based compensation | 20 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 43 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 46 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 50 | 1,446 | 45 | 21 | 207 | 258 | 358 | 1,272 | 670 | 67 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,686 | 3,027 | 3,120 | 2,782 | 2,650 | 5,305 | 5,240 | 4,546 | 5,616 | 5,625 |
| Total assets | 7,301 | 8,992 | 9,551 | 10,132 | 10,581 | 14,393 | 14,994 | 15,125 | 18,170 | 18,711 |
| Total liabilities | 3,158 | 4,310 | 4,602 | 4,778 | 4,688 | 7,855 | 7,821 | 7,089 | 8,714 | 8,677 |
| Shareholders' equity | 4,140 | 4,680 | 4,946 | 5,351 | 5,891 | 6,535 | 7,170 | 8,034 | 9,453 | 10,032 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 24.5% | 22.8% | 24.9% | 26.5% | 24.9% | 23.1% | 29.8% | 28.9% | 30.7% |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 17.7% | 16.3% | 18.7% | 21.3% | 18.0% | 19.6% | 22.8% | 43.8% | 23.4% |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 18.0% | 11.1% | 12.9% | 15.2% | 13.0% | 14.1% | 20.0% | 35.2% | 18.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.9% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 12.1% | 14.6% | 13.2% | 8.3% | 15.0% | 10.7% | 15.9% |
| Return on capital | 8.4% | 11.6% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 9.9% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 9.2% | 14.8% | 7.7% |
| Return on equity | 10.4% | 16.2% | 9.8% | 11.9% | 12.8% | 11.3% | 12.7% | 15.4% | 22.8% | 11.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.0% | 8.8% | 5.1% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 7.8% | 12.0% | 6.2% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.7x | 1.6x | 3.0x | 2.2x | 1.8x | 3.5x | 2.9x | 1.8x | 1.6x | 2.7x |