ACA vs LCII vs MLM Stock Comparison

Arcosa, Lci Industries and Martin Marietta Materials Prices as of Oct 22, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
$89.79 +6.2% 1M -2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.18B
P/E
10.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.03B
Div. yield
5.12%
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 $2.18B $30.25B MLM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.9x 10.3x 12.3x LCII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 33.6x 11.0x 27.4x LCII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.7% +4.1% +14.8% MLM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.9% 5.2% 36.7% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.5% 9.7% 6.5% LCII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.5x 2.8x LCII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.13% 5.12% 0.66% LCII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.6% -2.5% -18.3% ACA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.0%/yr -8.6%/yr +5.1%/yr ACA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.7% 37.9% 28.7% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 69/100 34/100 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 203 99 #4 of 203 11 #9 of 10
Growth 82 #34 of 188 57 #82 of 188 –
Profitability 50 #92 of 183 60 #73 of 183 86 #2 of 8
Financial Health 58 #92 of 217 45 #119 of 217 38 #6 of 9
Shareholder Returns 41 #90 of 153 86 #23 of 153 0 #8 of 8
Overall 56 69 34
  • ACA ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • LCII ranked among 222 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%+6.2%+4.0% -0.2%
3 months +2.9%-16.7%-13.8% +3.9%
6 months +24.1%-24.0%-18.0% +8.2%
Year to date +40.3%-26.0%-19.1% +12.9%
1 year +61.6%-2.5%-18.3% +12.3%
3 years +117.4%-15.2%+26.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +29.6%-5.3%+8.1% +23.3%
5 years +181.9%-36.1%+28.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +23.0%-8.6%+5.1% +10.9%
10 years —+1.2%+184.7% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+0.1%+11.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureACALCIIMLMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.7%37.9%28.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.9%36.4%31.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.850.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.94-0.07-0.64 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.7%-53.5%-33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-42.9%-28.9% -1.2%
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 25.2x 10.3xmedian 25.2x 12.3xmedian 20.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.9x 0.5xmedian 1.9x 4.5xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 14.0x 6.6xmedian 14.0x 17.5xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 54.9xmedian 21.7x 7.6xmedian 21.7x 37.3xmedian 31.6x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 2.3x 2.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.75median 1.32 0.28median 1.32 0.32median 2.85

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 $6.69B
Gross profit $632.30M $1.03B $1.88B
Operating income $322.70M $301.92M $1.38B
Net income $491.40M $211.27M $2.46B
Free cash flow $133.40M $286.96M $810.00M
EPS (diluted) $9.99 $8.66 $40.81
Cash & equivalents $432.10M $216.51M $112.00M
Total debt $1.44B $852.59M $5.95B
Shares (diluted) 49.20M 24.39M 60.20M
Enterprise value $6.31B $1.40B $29.74B

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 10.3x 12.3x
P/FCF 54.9x 7.6x 37.3x
P/Operating cash flow 21.5x 6.3x 19.9x
P/S 2.7x 0.5x 4.5x
P/B 2.5x 1.5x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 2.1x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 15.2x 6.6x 17.5x
EV/EBIT 25.8x 9.3x 26.1x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 0.7x 5.4x
EV/FCF 62.4x 9.8x 44.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.4x 8.1x 23.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.75 0.28 0.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.7% 4.1% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 0.1% 1.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.7% 13.4% 7.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.2% 8.7% 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 61.3% 26.3% 3.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.6% 29.3% 1.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 433.0% 38.8% 123.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.2% 35.5% 37.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 430.8% 43.1% 123.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 37.4% 38.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -23.1% 1.9% -19.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.1% -13.1% 7.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -54.9% -3.4% -15.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 54.7% -12.9% 6.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Gross margin 23.0% 25.7% 28.2%
EBITDA margin 19.9% 10.5% 30.9%
Operating margin 11.8% 7.5% 20.6%
Pretax margin 8.4% 7.1% 17.4%
Net margin 17.9% 5.2% 36.7%
FCF margin 4.9% 7.1% 12.1%
Operating cash flow margin 12.4% 8.6% 22.7%
Return on equity 17.4% 15.0% 21.5%
Return on assets 9.5% 6.5% 11.8%
Return on invested capital 6.5% 9.7% 6.5%
Return on capital employed 6.9% 11.4% 7.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 1.6x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.6% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Debt / assets 27.1% 26.1% 27.9%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.6x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 1.5x 2.8x
Debt / FCF 10.8x 3.0x 7.3x
Liabilities / assets 43.7% 56.2% 45.8%
Equity / assets 56.3% 43.8% 54.2%
Interest coverage 3.3x – 5.9x
Current ratio 3.1x 2.5x 1.4x
Quick ratio 2.2x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.18 3.16 2.94

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricACALCIIMLM
Dividend yield 0.1% 5.1% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 0.3% 0.7%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 5.4% 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 2.0% – 8.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 7.4% – 24.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 1.0% – 4.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.0% – 6.8%

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 11.0xFY2026 27.4xFY2026
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 426 358 1,072
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% -3.1% +1.4%
Institutions buying 230 179 469
Institutions selling 114 123 392
Buyers to sellers 2.02 1.46 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 0.37 0.33
LCII 0.37 1.00 0.39
MLM 0.33 0.39 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) $2.18B, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $30.25B.

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) 10.3x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 12.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lci Industries (LCII) is cheapest (Arcosa (ACA) 33.6x, Lci Industries (LCII) 11.0x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 27.4x). 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) +14.8%.

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) 36.7%). On return on invested capital, Lci Industries (LCII) leads (Arcosa (ACA) 6.5%, Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 6.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arcosa (ACA) returned the most: Arcosa (ACA) +61.6%, Lci Industries (LCII) -2.5%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) -18.3%. Over five years, Arcosa (ACA) compounded fastest (Arcosa (ACA) +23.0%/yr, Lci Industries (LCII) -8.6%/yr, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +5.1%/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) 5.12%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.66%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Arcosa (ACA) 31.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) 37.9%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 28.7%). 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.