ACA vs LCII vs MLM Stock Comparison

Arcosa, Lci Industries and Martin Marietta Materials Prices as of Oct 22, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ACA Arcosa, Inc.
$149.18 +1.7% 1M +61.6% 1Y
Market cap
$7.33B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.74B
Div. yield
0.13%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
2 wins
LCII Lci Industries
$104.28 +26.1% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$2.54B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Div. yield
4.41%
Metal Fabrication Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Lci Industries leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Lci Industries 6, Martin Marietta Materials 4, Arcosa 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionACALCIIMLMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.33B $2.54B $39.58B MLM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.9x 12.0x 15.7x LCII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 33.6x 12.7x 30.3x LCII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.7% +4.1% +19.6% MLM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.9% 5.2% 31.9% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.5% 9.7% 4.4% LCII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.5x 6.1x LCII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.13% 4.41% 0.60% LCII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.6% -2.4% -11.0% ACA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.0%/yr -7.1%/yr +6.2%/yr ACA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.7% 37.5% 29.3% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 70/100 39/100 LCII

Percentile Scorecard

ACALCIIMLM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisACALCIIMLM
Valuation 50 #102 of 204 97 #8 of 204 11 #9 of 10
Growth 83 #34 of 191 58 #81 of 191 100 #1 of 8
Profitability 51 #93 of 189 62 #72 of 189 71 #3 of 8
Financial Health 59 #92 of 221 46 #119 of 221 13 #8 of 9
Shareholder Returns 43 #91 of 159 86 #23 of 159 0 #8 of 8
Overall 57 70 39
  • ACA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • LCII ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • MLM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodACALCIIMLMSPY
1 month +1.7%+26.1%+14.6% -1.0%
3 months +2.9%-3.0%+0.5% -0.4%
6 months +24.1%-10.8%-9.6% +4.5%
Year to date +40.3%-14.1%-10.6% +12.4%
1 year +61.6%-2.4%-11.0% +13.6%
3 years +117.4%-11.3%+25.6% +76.4%
3 years, per year +29.6%-3.9%+7.9% +20.8%
5 years +181.9%-30.8%+35.0% +63.7%
5 years, per year +23.0%-7.1%+6.2% +10.4%
10 years —+20.4%+189.3% +267.7%
10 years, per year —+1.9%+11.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureACALCIIMLMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.7%37.5%29.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.9%36.3%31.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.880.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.94-0.06-0.38 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.7%-53.5%-33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-33.6%-21.4% -1.6%
52-week high $149.18$157.13$708.11 $779.14
52-week low $92.25$78.16$471.33 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleACALCIIMLM
P/E now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 25.5x 12.0xmedian 25.5x 15.7xmedian 22.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.9x 0.6xmedian 1.9x 5.5xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 14.4x 7.5xmedian 14.4x 25.0xmedian 10.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 54.9xmedian 23.3x 8.8xmedian 23.3x 45.2xmedian 32.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.2x 1.8xmedian 2.2x 2.2xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.75median 1.16 0.32median 1.16 0.58median 3.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsACALCIIMLM
Revenue $2.74B $4.03B $7.21B
Gross profit $632.30M $1.03B $1.92B
Operating income $322.70M $301.92M $1.31B
Net income $491.40M $211.27M $2.30B
Free cash flow $133.40M $286.96M $875.00M
EPS (diluted) $9.99 $8.66 $35.31
Cash & equivalents $432.10M $216.51M $140.00M
Total debt $1.44B $852.59M $12.82B
Shares (diluted) 49.20M 24.39M 65.10M
Enterprise value $6.31B $1.75B $38.99B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
P/E 14.9x 12.0x 15.7x
P/FCF 54.9x 8.8x 45.2x
P/Operating cash flow 21.5x 7.3x 26.0x
P/S 2.7x 0.6x 5.5x
P/B 2.5x 1.8x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 2.4x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 15.2x 7.5x 25.0x
EV/EBIT 25.8x 10.5x 39.8x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 0.8x 7.2x
EV/FCF 62.4x 11.1x 59.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.4x 9.2x 34.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.75 0.32 0.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.7% 4.1% 19.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 0.1% 2.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.7% 13.4% 4.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.2% 8.7% 0.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 61.3% 26.3% -8.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.6% 29.3% -4.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 433.0% 38.8% 99.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.2% 35.5% 29.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 430.8% 43.1% 85.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 37.4% 27.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -23.1% 1.9% -17.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.1% -13.1% 2.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -54.9% -3.4% -13.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.7% -12.9% 4.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Gross margin 23.0% 25.7% 26.7%
EBITDA margin 19.9% 10.5% 28.9%
Operating margin 11.8% 7.5% 18.2%
Pretax margin 8.4% 7.1% 14.3%
Net margin 17.9% 5.2% 31.9%
FCF margin 4.9% 7.1% 12.1%
Operating cash flow margin 12.4% 8.6% 21.1%
Return on equity 17.4% 15.0% 15.7%
Return on assets 9.5% 6.5% 7.9%
Return on invested capital 6.5% 9.7% 4.4%
Return on capital employed 6.9% 11.4% 4.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 1.6x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.6% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Debt / assets 27.1% 26.1% 34.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.5x 6.1x
Debt / FCF 10.8x 3.0x 14.7x
Liabilities / assets 43.7% 56.2% 52.4%
Equity / assets 56.3% 43.8% 47.6%
Interest coverage 3.3x – 4.2x
Current ratio 3.1x 2.5x 1.6x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.18 3.27 1.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Dividend yield 0.1% 4.4% 0.6%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 4.7% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 2.0% – 9.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 7.4% – 24.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.0% – 8.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.0% – 7.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusACALCIIMLM
Forward P/E 33.6xFY2026 12.7xFY2026 30.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.44FY2026 $8.18FY2026 $18.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -0.7%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.0% +18.7% +17.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.45BFY2026 $4.16BFY2026 $8.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -14.9%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.5% +4.9% +26.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersACALCIIMLM
Held by institutions 91.8% 100.0% 98.5%
Institutions holding 428 360 1,074
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% -3.1% +1.4%
Institutions buying 230 181 470
Institutions selling 114 123 392
Buyers to sellers 2.02 1.47 1.20

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ACALCIIMLM
ACA 1.00 0.34 0.35
LCII 0.34 1.00 0.43
MLM 0.35 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ACA, LCII and MLM?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arcosa (ACA) $7.33B, Lci Industries (LCII) $2.54B, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $39.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, ACA, LCII and MLM?

Lci Industries (LCII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arcosa (ACA) 14.9x, Lci Industries (LCII) 12.0x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 15.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lci Industries (LCII) is cheapest (Arcosa (ACA) 33.6x, Lci Industries (LCII) 12.7x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 30.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arcosa (ACA) +9.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) +4.1%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +19.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has the highest net margin (Arcosa (ACA) 17.9%, Lci Industries (LCII) 5.2%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 31.9%). On return on invested capital, Lci Industries (LCII) leads (Arcosa (ACA) 6.5%, Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 4.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arcosa (ACA) returned the most: Arcosa (ACA) +61.6%, Lci Industries (LCII) -2.4%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) -11.0%. Over five years, Arcosa (ACA) compounded fastest (Arcosa (ACA) +23.0%/yr, Lci Industries (LCII) -7.1%/yr, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +6.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lci Industries (LCII) has the highest dividend yield: Arcosa (ACA) 0.13%, Lci Industries (LCII) 4.41%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.60%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Arcosa (ACA) 31.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) 37.5%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 29.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ACA, LCII and MLM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lci Industries (LCII) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.