LOMA vs MLM vs CMC Stock Comparison

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima, Martin Marietta Materials and Commercial Metals Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$63.63 -3.2% 1M +5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$7.02B
P/E
10.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
1.19%
Steel Basic Materials
8 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Commercial Metals leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Commercial Metals 8, Martin Marietta Materials 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLOMAMLMCMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.09B $30.25B $7.02B MLM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 66.9x 12.3x 10.8x CMC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.3x 27.4x 9.8x CMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +14.8% +20.5% CMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 36.7% 7.0% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.5% -79.6% MLM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.8x -0.4x CMC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.66% 1.19% CMC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -10.1% -18.3% +5.3% CMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.4%/yr +5.1%/yr +14.8%/yr CMC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.1% 28.7% 35.6% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 34/100 54/100 CMC

Percentile Scorecard

LOMAMLMCMC

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

AxisLOMAMLMCMC
Valuation 44 #6 of 10 11 #9 of 10 76 #39 of 162
Growth – – 53 #69 of 147
Profitability – 86 #2 of 8 50 #61 of 122
Financial Health 100 #1 of 9 38 #6 of 9 18 #135 of 164
Shareholder Returns – 0 #8 of 8 73 #30 of 107
Overall – 34 54
  • LOMA ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • MLM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • CMC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLOMAMLMCMCSPY
1 month -0.5%+4.0%-3.2% -0.2%
3 months -18.6%-13.8%-9.7% +3.9%
6 months -16.2%-18.0%-7.7% +8.2%
Year to date -28.1%-19.1%-8.1% +12.9%
1 year -10.1%-18.3%+5.3% +12.3%
3 years +54.7%+26.2%+52.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +15.7%+8.1%+15.0% +23.3%
5 years +36.5%+28.0%+99.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +6.4%+5.1%+14.8% +10.9%
10 years —+184.7%+302.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+11.0%+14.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLOMAMLMCMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.1%28.7%35.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.2%31.1%35.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.160.851.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.24-0.640.15 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.3%-33.4%-38.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.0%-28.9%-23.5% -1.2%
52-week high $13.12$708.11$83.21 $779.14
52-week low $9.06$471.33$56.52 $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.

MultipleLOMAMLMCMC
P/E now vs peer median 66.9xmedian 20.3x 12.3xmedian 20.3x 10.8xmedian 13.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.8x 4.5xmedian 1.8x 0.7xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.5x 17.5xmedian 9.5x -1.5xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 628.1xmedian 31.6x 37.3xmedian 31.6x 14.7xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.3x 2.6xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.85 0.32median 2.85 -1.57median 0.31

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 monthsLOMAMLMCMC
Revenue – $6.69B $9.39B
Gross profit – $1.88B $1.75B
Operating income – $1.38B -$6.93B
Net income – $2.46B $655.85M
Free cash flow – $810.00M $479.12M
EPS (diluted) – $40.81 $5.86
Cash & equivalents – $112.00M –
Total debt $205.24M $5.95B $3.41B
Shares (diluted) 116.70M 60.20M 111.86M
Enterprise value $1.09B $29.74B $6.24B

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
MetricLOMAMLMCMC
P/E 66.9x 12.3x 10.8x
P/FCF 628.1x 37.3x 14.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 19.9x 6.6x
P/S 1.9x 4.5x 0.7x
P/B 1.5x 2.6x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 2.8x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 17.5x -1.5x
EV/EBIT – 26.1x -1.4x
EV/Revenue – 5.4x 1.0x
EV/FCF – 44.5x 20.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 23.8x 9.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.32 -1.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLOMAMLMCMC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 14.8% 20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.1% 2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 7.8% 43.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.4% -1.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 3.2% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 1.3% -5.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – 123.2% 674.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 37.3% -8.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – 123.9% 690.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 38.8% -6.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -19.7% 48.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.5% -7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -15.9% 53.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% -13.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLOMAMLMCMC
Gross margin – 28.2% 18.6%
EBITDA margin – 30.9% -69.6%
Operating margin – 20.6% -73.8%
Pretax margin – 17.4% 7.6%
Net margin – 36.7% 7.0%
FCF margin – 12.1% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 22.7% 11.3%
Return on equity – 21.5% 14.2%
Return on assets – 11.8% 6.5%
Return on invested capital – 6.5% -79.6%
Return on capital employed – 7.2% -82.5%
Asset turnover – 0.3x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.6x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLOMAMLMCMC
Debt / assets 15.7% 27.9% 33.2%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.5x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 7.3x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 43.8% 45.8% 54.2%
Equity / assets 56.2% 54.2% 45.8%
Interest coverage – 5.9x -48.4x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.4x 2.3x
Quick ratio – 0.7x 1.4x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 2.94 0.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLOMAMLMCMC
Dividend yield – 0.7% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 0.7% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.3% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 8.2% 12.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 24.9% 17.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.1% 3.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.8% 4.0%

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.

ConsensusLOMAMLMCMC
Forward P/E 18.3xFY2026 27.4xFY2026 9.8xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.51FY2026 $18.36FY2026 $6.49FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +142.9%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +45.1% +17.5% +10.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $612.36MFY2026 $8.03BFY2026 $9.59BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +1.9%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +2.9% +26.6% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLOMAMLMCMC
Held by institutions 17.5% 98.5% 93.1%
Institutions holding 58 1,072 520
Change in shares held, QoQ -6.6% +1.4% +0.2%
Institutions buying 26 469 262
Institutions selling 17 392 175
Buyers to sellers 1.53 1.20 1.50

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.

LOMAMLMCMC
LOMA 1.00 0.28 0.35
MLM 0.28 1.00 0.42
CMC 0.35 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LOMA, MLM and CMC?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) $1.09B, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $30.25B, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, LOMA, MLM and CMC?

Commercial Metals (CMC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) 66.9x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 12.3x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 10.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Commercial Metals (CMC) is cheapest (Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) 18.3x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 27.4x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 9.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Commercial Metals (CMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +14.8%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has the highest net margin (Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 36.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 7.0%). On return on invested capital, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) leads (Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 6.5%, Commercial Metals (CMC) -79.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Commercial Metals (CMC) returned the most: Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) -10.1%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) -18.3%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +5.3%. Over five years, Commercial Metals (CMC) compounded fastest (Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) +6.4%/yr, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +5.1%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +14.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Commercial Metals (CMC) has the highest dividend yield: Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) 0.00%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.66%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 1.19%. Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima (LOMA) 43.1%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 28.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 35.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LOMA, MLM and CMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Commercial Metals (CMC) leads on 8. 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.