MLM (Martin Marietta Materials, Inc) dropped -3.26 at the last close: Is This Today’s Most Popular Stock?

On Friday, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (NYSE: MLM) was -3.26% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $475.91. A 52-week range for MLM has been $451.08 – $633.23.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 6.90%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 5.35%. With a float of $60.51 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $61.13 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 9400 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 28.72%, operating margin of 22.06%, and the pretax margin is 39.73%.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (MLM) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Martin Marietta Materials, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc is 0.76%, while institutional ownership is 99.01%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 05 ’25, was worth 632,700. In this transaction EVP and CHRO of this company sold 1,332 shares at a rate of $475.00, taking the stock ownership to the 3,523 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’25, when Company’s SVP – Strategy and Development bought 550 for $454.37, making the entire transaction worth $249,904. This insider now owns 8,985 shares in total.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (MLM) Recent Fiscal highlights

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.28 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.35% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.61% during the next five years compared to 27.15% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (NYSE: MLM) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (MLM) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.40. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.29. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 46.48.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 32.35, a number that is poised to hit 1.83 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 21.95 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (MLM)

Looking closely at Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (NYSE: MLM), its last 5-days average volume was 0.9 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.53 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 40.19%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 14.98.

During the past 100 days, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc’s (MLM) raw stochastic average was set at 6.44%, which indicates a significant decrease from 13.03% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 29.32% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 24.28% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $519.27, while its 200-day Moving Average is $546.75. However, in the short run, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $473.53. Second resistance stands at $486.66. The third major resistance level sits at $499.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $447.88, it is likely to go to the next support level at $435.36. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $422.23.

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc (NYSE: MLM) Key Stats

There are 60,974K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 28.07 billion. As of now, sales total 6,536 M while income totals 1,995 M. Its latest quarter income was 1,632 M while its last quarter net income were 293,000 K.