VMC vs MLM vs CLMT Stock Comparison

Vulcan Materials, Martin Marietta Materials and Calumet Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VMC Vulcan Materials CO
$280.27 +15.5% 1M -5.0% 1Y
Market cap
$36.25B
P/E
32.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.01B
Div. yield
0.01%
Aggregates Basic Materials
3 wins
CLMT Calumet, Inc. /DE
$48.53 -8.8% 1M +148.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.31B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.59B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Martin Marietta Materials leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Martin Marietta Materials 5, Calumet 4, Vulcan Materials 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVMCMLMCLMTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $36.25B $32.43B $4.31B VMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 32.9x 13.2x -31.5x MLM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.9x 29.1x — MLM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.6% +14.8% +12.8% MLM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.8% 36.7% -3.0% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.8% 6.5% 2.0% VMC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 2.8x -12.3x CLMT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% VMC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.0% -13.4% +148.7% CLMT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.1%/yr +6.4%/yr +34.6%/yr CLMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.6% 29.1% 43.9% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 36/100 29/100 44/100 CLMT

Percentile Scorecard

VMCMLMCLMT

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

AxisVMCMLMCLMT
Valuation 0 #10 of 10 11 #9 of 10 33 #63 of 94
Growth – – 99 #2 of 92
Profitability – – 35 #56 of 86
Financial Health 50 #5 of 9 75 #3 of 9 8 #86 of 93
Shareholder Returns 57 #4 of 8 0 #8 of 8 –
Overall 36 29 44
  • VMC ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • MLM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • CLMT ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodVMCMLMCLMTSPY
1 month +15.5%+11.5%-8.8% +0.7%
3 months +3.3%-1.0%+10.9% +3.7%
6 months -7.1%-13.7%+48.3% +7.1%
Year to date -1.7%-14.2%+144.2% +12.8%
1 year -5.0%-13.4%+148.7% +11.9%
3 years +43.0%+31.9%+263.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +12.7%+9.7%+53.7% +22.8%
5 years +47.4%+36.0%+340.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year +8.1%+6.4%+34.6% +10.9%
10 years +149.0%+194.7%+1,286.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +9.6%+11.4%+30.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureVMCMLMCLMTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.6%29.1%43.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.0%31.1%44.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.800.84-0.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.17-0.463.38 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.8%-33.4%-61.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.2%-24.5%-17.8% -1.2%
52-week high $330.37$708.11$59.05 $779.14
52-week low $240.82$471.33$18.22 $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.

MultipleVMCMLMCLMT
P/E now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 20.7x 13.1xmedian 20.7x -31.1xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 1.8x 4.8xmedian 1.8x 0.9xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 9.7x 18.3xmedian 9.7x -36.6xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 46.0xmedian 32.9x 39.6xmedian 32.9x 58.0xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.4x 2.8xmedian 2.4x -3.7xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 2.89median 3.42 0.34median 3.42 —median 1.68

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 monthsVMCMLMCLMT
Revenue $8.01B $6.69B $4.59B
Gross profit $2.20B $1.88B $301.50M
Operating income $1.62B $1.38B $47.10M
Net income $1.11B $2.46B -$136.80M
Free cash flow $781.20M $810.00M $73.50M
EPS (diluted) $8.52 $40.81 $-1.56
Cash & equivalents $106.60M $112.00M $109.80M
Total debt $4.68B $5.95B $2.26B
Shares (diluted) 129.50M 60.20M 87.59M
Enterprise value $35.63B $31.92B $3.84B

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
MetricVMCMLMCLMT
P/E 32.8x 13.1x -31.1x
P/FCF 46.0x 39.6x 58.0x
P/Operating cash flow 23.7x 21.1x 29.2x
P/S 4.5x 4.8x 0.9x
P/B 4.3x 2.8x -3.7x
P/Tangible book 5.2x 2.9x -3.7x
EV/EBITDA 17.3x 18.3x -36.6x
EV/EBIT 24.9x 27.5x 136.1x
EV/Revenue 5.1x 5.7x 1.4x
EV/FCF 51.8x 46.8x 87.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.8x 25.0x 43.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.89 0.34 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVMCMLMCLMT
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.6% 14.8% 12.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.4% 1.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.1% 7.8% 926.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 3.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -1.0% 3.2% 125.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.2% 1.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) -1.1% 123.2% 69.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 37.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) 1.2% 123.9% 70.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 38.8% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.5% -19.7% 392.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 7.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -25.9% -15.9% 159.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 6.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVMCMLMCLMT
Gross margin 27.5% 28.2% 6.6%
EBITDA margin 29.2% 30.9% -3.8%
Operating margin 20.3% 20.6% 1.0%
Pretax margin 17.6% 17.4% -5.9%
Net margin 13.8% 36.7% -3.0%
FCF margin 9.8% 12.1% 1.6%
Operating cash flow margin 18.9% 22.7% 3.2%
Return on equity 13.1% 21.5% –
Return on assets 6.7% 11.8% -4.9%
Return on invested capital 9.8% 6.5% 2.0%
Return on capital employed 10.7% 7.2% 3.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 1.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 0.6x -1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.7% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVMCMLMCLMT
Debt / assets 28.0% 27.9% 80.6%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.5x -2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 2.8x -12.3x
Debt / FCF 6.0x 7.3x 30.7x
Liabilities / assets 49.5% 45.8% 140.6%
Equity / assets 50.5% 54.2% -40.6%
Interest coverage 7.2x 5.9x 0.2x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.4x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.7x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.91 3.06 1.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVMCMLMCLMT
Dividend yield 0.7% 0.6% –
Net buyback yield 3.2% 0.6% –
Shareholder yield 3.9% 1.2% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 24.1% 8.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 34.1% 24.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.1% 4.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.9% 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.

ConsensusVMCMLMCLMT
Forward P/E 29.9xFY2026 29.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $9.37FY2026 $18.36FY2026 $-1.93FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.1%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +11.5% +17.5% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.31BFY2026 $8.03BFY2026 $4.81BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.6%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +26.6% +7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVMCMLMCLMT
Held by institutions 98.5% 98.5% 52.3%
Institutions holding 1,061 1,073 188
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.6% +1.4% +1.2%
Institutions buying 527 470 110
Institutions selling 363 392 54
Buyers to sellers 1.45 1.20 2.04

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.

VMCMLMCLMT
VMC 1.00 0.89 -0.14
MLM 0.89 1.00 -0.15
CLMT -0.14 -0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VMC, MLM and CLMT?

Vulcan Materials (VMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Vulcan Materials (VMC) $36.25B, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $32.43B, Calumet (CLMT) $4.31B.

Which stock is cheaper, VMC, MLM and CLMT?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Vulcan Materials (VMC) 32.9x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 13.2x, Calumet (CLMT) -31.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is cheapest (Vulcan Materials (VMC) 29.9x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 29.1x). 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: Vulcan Materials (VMC) +1.6%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +14.8%, Calumet (CLMT) +12.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has the highest net margin (Vulcan Materials (VMC) 13.8%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 36.7%, Calumet (CLMT) -3.0%). On return on invested capital, Vulcan Materials (VMC) leads (Vulcan Materials (VMC) 9.8%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 6.5%, Calumet (CLMT) 2.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Calumet (CLMT) returned the most: Vulcan Materials (VMC) -5.0%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) -13.4%, Calumet (CLMT) +148.7%. Over five years, Calumet (CLMT) compounded fastest (Vulcan Materials (VMC) +8.1%/yr, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +6.4%/yr, Calumet (CLMT) +34.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Vulcan Materials (VMC) has the highest dividend yield: Vulcan Materials (VMC) 0.01%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.01%, Calumet (CLMT) 0.00%. Calumet (CLMT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Vulcan Materials (VMC) 29.6%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 29.1%, Calumet (CLMT) 43.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VMC, MLM and CLMT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) leads on 5. 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.