ACA vs MLM vs LCII Stock Comparison

Arcosa, Martin Marietta Materials and Lci Industries 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.

QuestionACAMLMLCIILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.33B $30.25B $2.18B MLM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.9x 12.3x 10.3x LCII
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 33.6x 27.4x 11.0x LCII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.7% +14.8% +4.1% MLM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.9% 36.7% 5.2% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.5% 6.5% 9.7% LCII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x 2.8x 1.5x LCII
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.13% 0.66% 5.12% LCII
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.6% -18.3% -2.5% ACA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.0%/yr +5.1%/yr -8.6%/yr ACA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.7% 28.7% 37.9% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 34/100 69/100 LCII

Percentile Scorecard

ACAMLMLCII

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

AxisACAMLMLCII
Valuation 50 #102 of 203 11 #9 of 10 99 #4 of 203
Growth 82 #34 of 188 – 57 #82 of 188
Profitability 50 #92 of 183 86 #2 of 8 60 #73 of 183
Financial Health 58 #92 of 217 38 #6 of 9 45 #119 of 217
Shareholder Returns 41 #90 of 153 0 #8 of 8 86 #23 of 153
Overall 56 34 69
  • ACA ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • MLM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • LCII ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodACAMLMLCIISPY
1 month +1.7%+4.0%+6.2% -0.2%
3 months +2.9%-13.8%-16.7% +3.9%
6 months +24.1%-18.0%-24.0% +8.2%
Year to date +40.3%-19.1%-26.0% +12.9%
1 year +61.6%-18.3%-2.5% +12.3%
3 years +117.4%+26.2%-15.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +29.6%+8.1%-5.3% +23.3%
5 years +181.9%+28.0%-36.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year +23.0%+5.1%-8.6% +10.9%
10 years —+184.7%+1.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+11.0%+0.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureACAMLMLCIISPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.7%28.7%37.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.9%31.1%36.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.850.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.94-0.64-0.07 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.7%-33.4%-53.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-28.9%-42.9% -1.2%
52-week high $149.18$708.11$157.13 $779.14
52-week low $92.25$471.33$78.16 $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.

MultipleACAMLMLCII
P/E now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 25.2x 12.3xmedian 20.3x 10.3xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.9x 4.5xmedian 1.8x 0.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 14.0x 17.5xmedian 9.5x 6.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 54.9xmedian 21.7x 37.3xmedian 31.6x 7.6xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.3x 2.6xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.75median 1.32 0.32median 2.85 0.28median 1.32

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 monthsACAMLMLCII
Revenue $2.74B $6.69B $4.03B
Gross profit $632.30M $1.88B $1.03B
Operating income $322.70M $1.38B $301.92M
Net income $491.40M $2.46B $211.27M
Free cash flow $133.40M $810.00M $286.96M
EPS (diluted) $9.99 $40.81 $8.66
Cash & equivalents $432.10M $112.00M $216.51M
Total debt $1.44B $5.95B $852.59M
Shares (diluted) 49.20M 60.20M 24.39M
Enterprise value $6.31B $29.74B $1.40B

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
MetricACAMLMLCII
P/E 14.9x 12.3x 10.3x
P/FCF 54.9x 37.3x 7.6x
P/Operating cash flow 21.5x 19.9x 6.3x
P/S 2.7x 4.5x 0.5x
P/B 2.5x 2.6x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.7x 2.8x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 15.2x 17.5x 6.6x
EV/EBIT 25.8x 26.1x 9.3x
EV/Revenue 3.0x 5.4x 0.7x
EV/FCF 62.4x 44.5x 9.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.4x 23.8x 8.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.75 0.32 0.28

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

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

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricACAMLMLCII
Dividend yield 0.1% 0.7% 5.1%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 0.7% 0.3%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 1.3% 5.4%
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.

ConsensusACAMLMLCII
Forward P/E 33.6xFY2026 27.4xFY2026 11.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.44FY2026 $18.36FY2026 $8.18FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -0.7%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.0% +17.5% +18.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.45BFY2026 $8.03BFY2026 $4.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -14.9%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.5% +26.6% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersACAMLMLCII
Held by institutions 91.8% 98.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding 426 1,072 358
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.1% +1.4% -3.1%
Institutions buying 230 469 179
Institutions selling 114 392 123
Buyers to sellers 2.02 1.20 1.46

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.

ACAMLMLCII
ACA 1.00 0.33 0.37
MLM 0.33 1.00 0.39
LCII 0.37 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ACA, MLM and LCII?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arcosa (ACA) $7.33B, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $30.25B, Lci Industries (LCII) $2.18B.

Which stock is cheaper, ACA, MLM and LCII?

Lci Industries (LCII) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arcosa (ACA) 14.9x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 12.3x, Lci Industries (LCII) 10.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Lci Industries (LCII) is cheapest (Arcosa (ACA) 33.6x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 27.4x, Lci Industries (LCII) 11.0x). 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%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +14.8%, Lci Industries (LCII) +4.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has the highest net margin (Arcosa (ACA) 17.9%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 36.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) 5.2%). On return on invested capital, Lci Industries (LCII) leads (Arcosa (ACA) 6.5%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 6.5%, Lci Industries (LCII) 9.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

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

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lci Industries (LCII) has the highest dividend yield: Arcosa (ACA) 0.13%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.66%, Lci Industries (LCII) 5.12%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Arcosa (ACA) 31.7%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 28.7%, Lci Industries (LCII) 37.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.