CPAC vs SND vs MLM Stock Comparison

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa, Smart Sand and Martin Marietta Materials Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SND Smart Sand, Inc.
$4.95 -5.9% 1M +123.0% 1Y
Market cap
$192.84M
P/E
18.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$386.99M
Div. yield
5.05%
Industrial Minerals Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Smart Sand leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Smart Sand 6, Martin Marietta Materials 5, Cementos Pacasmayo Saa 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPACSNDMLMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.08B $192.84M $30.65B MLM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.1x 18.5x 12.5x MLM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.0x — 27.8x CPAC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +26.5% +14.8% SND
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.7% 36.7% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.1% 6.5% MLM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.1x 2.8x SND
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.78% 5.05% 0.65% SND
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +76.1% +123.0% -17.3% SND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.7%/yr +16.8%/yr +5.4%/yr SND
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.9% 70.7% 28.7% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 73/100 34/100 SND

Percentile Scorecard

CPACSNDMLM

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

AxisCPACSNDMLM
Valuation 33 #7 of 10 96 #7 of 162 11 #9 of 10
Growth – 76 #36 of 147 –
Profitability – 55 #55 of 122 86 #2 of 8
Financial Health 0 #9 of 9 44 #92 of 164 38 #6 of 9
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 8 94 #7 of 107 0 #8 of 8
Overall 44 73 34
  • CPAC ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • SND ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • 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

PeriodCPACSNDMLMSPY
1 month +4.9%-5.9%+4.0% +0.9%
3 months +5.6%+19.0%-10.5% +5.9%
6 months +19.7%-7.3%-16.7% +8.5%
Year to date +22.6%+23.8%-18.0% +13.3%
1 year +76.1%+123.0%-17.3% +12.4%
3 years +158.5%+145.0%+27.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +37.3%+34.8%+8.6% +23.5%
5 years +107.6%+117.1%+29.9% +68.2%
5 years, per year +15.7%+16.8%+5.4% +11.0%
10 years +33.9%—+181.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year +3.0%—+10.9% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCPACSNDMLMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.9%70.7%28.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%80.9%31.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.04-0.100.85 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.441.74-0.60 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.7%-70.3%-33.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-14.9%-27.9% -0.9%
52-week high $12.77$5.82$708.11 $779.14
52-week low $6.38$2.09$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.

MultipleCPACSNDMLM
P/E now vs peer median 25.1xmedian 20.1x 18.5xmedian 13.4x 12.5xmedian 20.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.8x 0.5xmedian 3.2x 4.6xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.4x 5.1xmedian 7.3x 17.7xmedian 9.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 31.4x 5.6xmedian 14.8x 37.8xmedian 31.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.3x 0.8xmedian 2.3x 2.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.86 2.95median 0.31 0.32median 2.86

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 monthsCPACSNDMLM
Revenue – $386.99M $6.69B
Gross profit – $52.09M $1.88B
Operating income – $7.85M $1.38B
Net income – $10.49M $2.46B
Free cash flow – $34.63M $810.00M
EPS (diluted) – $0.25 $40.81
Cash & equivalents $15.93M $10.20M $112.00M
Total debt $261.69M $14.66M $5.95B
Shares (diluted) – 41.37M 60.20M
Enterprise value $866.26M $135.56M $30.14B

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
MetricCPACSNDMLM
P/E 25.1x 18.5x 12.5x
P/FCF 14.9x 5.6x 37.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 4.1x 20.2x
P/S 1.8x 0.5x 4.6x
P/B 3.1x 0.8x 2.7x
P/Tangible book 3.1x 0.8x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA – 5.1x 17.7x
EV/EBIT – 25.2x 26.4x
EV/Revenue – 0.5x 5.5x
EV/FCF – 5.7x 45.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.2x 24.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.95 0.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPACSNDMLM
Revenue growth (1Y) – 26.5% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 8.6% 1.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 64.5% 7.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 193.0% 3.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% 1.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 1,206% 123.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% 37.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 1,143% 123.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 6.3% 38.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 350.4% -19.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.8% 7.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 16,392% -15.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 18.7% 6.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPACSNDMLM
Gross margin – 13.5% 28.2%
EBITDA margin – 10.0% 30.9%
Operating margin – 2.0% 20.6%
Pretax margin – 1.9% 17.4%
Net margin – 2.7% 36.7%
FCF margin – 8.9% 12.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.1% 22.7%
Return on equity – 4.4% 21.5%
Return on assets – 3.1% 11.8%
Return on invested capital – 3.1% 6.5%
Return on capital employed – 2.7% 7.2%
Asset turnover – 1.1x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 4.5x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPACSNDMLM
Debt / assets 28.4% 4.2% 27.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.1x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.1x 2.8x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x 7.3x
Liabilities / assets 61.6% 31.4% 45.8%
Equity / assets 38.4% 68.6% 54.2%
Interest coverage – – 5.9x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.7x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 2.66 2.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPACSNDMLM
Dividend yield 4.8% 5.1% 0.7%
Net buyback yield – 0.8% 0.7%
Shareholder yield 4.8% 5.9% 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 8.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 24.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 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.

ConsensusCPACSNDMLM
Forward P/E 14.0xFY2026 – 27.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.91FY2026 $-0.27FY2026 $18.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +68.5%FY2026 -1,000.0%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.5% – +17.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $680.11MFY2026 $380.19MFY2026 $8.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 +15.2%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.3% – +26.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPACSNDMLM
Held by institutions 1.4% 49.7% 98.5%
Institutions holding 26 91 1,072
Change in shares held, QoQ +76.6% +12.9% +1.4%
Institutions buying 17 69 469
Institutions selling 4 17 392
Buyers to sellers 4.25 4.06 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.

CPACSNDMLM
CPAC 1.00 -0.14 0.03
SND -0.14 1.00 -0.09
MLM 0.03 -0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPAC, SND and MLM?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) $1.08B, Smart Sand (SND) $192.84M, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $30.65B.

Which stock is cheaper, CPAC, SND and MLM?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 25.1x, Smart Sand (SND) 18.5x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 12.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) is cheapest (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 14.0x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 27.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Smart Sand (SND) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Smart Sand (SND) +26.5%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +14.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has the highest net margin (Smart Sand (SND) 2.7%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 36.7%). On return on invested capital, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) leads (Smart Sand (SND) 3.1%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 6.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Smart Sand (SND) returned the most: Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) +76.1%, Smart Sand (SND) +123.0%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) -17.3%. Over five years, Smart Sand (SND) compounded fastest (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) +15.7%/yr, Smart Sand (SND) +16.8%/yr, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +5.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Smart Sand (SND) has the highest dividend yield: Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 4.78%, Smart Sand (SND) 5.05%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.65%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 52.9%, Smart Sand (SND) 70.7%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 28.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CPAC, SND 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, Smart Sand (SND) 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.