Zacks Research Has Bullish Outlook for MLM FY2025 Earnings

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) – Analysts at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for Martin Marietta Materials in a report released on Wednesday, May 21st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the construction company will post earnings of $19.09 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $18.53. The consensus estimate for Martin Marietta Materials’ current full-year earnings is $19.53 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Martin Marietta Materials’ Q4 2025 earnings at $5.03 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.96 EPS and Q2 2026 earnings at $6.25 EPS.

MLM has been the topic of several other reports. UBS Group upgraded shares of Martin Marietta Materials from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $548.00 to $634.00 in a research report on Friday, May 16th. Raymond James lowered their price objective on shares of Martin Marietta Materials from $600.00 to $597.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Martin Marietta Materials from $559.00 to $609.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Martin Marietta Materials to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Martin Marietta Materials from $645.00 to $600.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $610.69.

Martin Marietta Materials Trading Down 0.5%

NYSE MLM opened at $561.76 on Friday. Martin Marietta Materials has a twelve month low of $441.95 and a twelve month high of $633.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a current ratio of 2.50. The stock has a market cap of $33.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.38, a PEG ratio of 4.45 and a beta of 0.89. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $506.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $528.04.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The construction company reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.02. Martin Marietta Materials had a net margin of 30.54% and a return on equity of 12.11%. The firm had revenue of $1.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.36 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.93 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Martin Marietta Materials Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 2nd will be paid a $0.79 dividend. This represents a $3.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 2nd. Martin Marietta Materials’s payout ratio is presently 18.20%.

Insider Activity at Martin Marietta Materials

In related news, EVP Donald A. Mccunniff sold 1,332 shares of Martin Marietta Materials stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $475.00, for a total value of $632,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 3,523 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,673,425. The trade was a 27.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, SVP Michael J. Petro acquired 550 shares of Martin Marietta Materials stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 4th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $454.37 per share, with a total value of $249,903.50. Following the purchase, the senior vice president now owns 8,985 shares in the company, valued at $4,082,514.45. The trade was a 6.52% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 0.69% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MLM. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in Martin Marietta Materials by 54,277.3% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 918,432 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $474,370,000 after acquiring an additional 916,743 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in Martin Marietta Materials by 58,570.5% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 697,592 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $333,540,000 after acquiring an additional 696,403 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Martin Marietta Materials during the 4th quarter worth $306,863,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Martin Marietta Materials by 23.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,678,425 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,441,663,000 after acquiring an additional 506,705 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Martin Marietta Materials during the 4th quarter worth $196,374,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.04% of the company’s stock.

About Martin Marietta Materials

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.