Stock of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (MLM) performance and profitability takes another direction

Currently, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc [MLM] is trading at $560.04, down -0.64%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MLM shares have gain 3.52% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 14.06%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc [NYSE: MLM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 16, 2025, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $634 for it. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral on April 07, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $491. On March 19, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $560 on the stock. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $563 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 08, 2025. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 11, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $690. In a note dated November 27, 2024, JP Morgan upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $515 to $640.

This stock has fluctuated between a low of $441.95 and a high of $633.23 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $491 within the next 12 months. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc [NYSE: MLM] shares were valued at $560.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -12.33% based on the average MLM price forecast.

Analyzing the MLM fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Martin Marietta Materials, Inc [NYSE:MLM] were 6.64B which represents 8.15% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.64.

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Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Martin Marietta Materials, Inc [NYSE:MLM] is 2.25. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.99 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.11. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.09, the price to book ratio is 3.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 32.20.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved McCunniff Donald A., EVP and CHRO, that happened on Mar 05 ’25 when 1332.0 shares were sold. SVP – Strategy and Development, Petro Michael J completed a deal on Mar 04 ’25 to buy 550.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer McCunniff Donald A. bought 1332.0 shares on Feb 26 ’25.

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