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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricEXPEAGLE MATERIALS INCMLMMARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INCVMCVulcan Materials COAMRZAmrize LtdMedian of the restexcluding EXP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$178.74▲ 5.35 (3.09%)
$509.02▲ 1.44 (0.28%)
$268.72▲ 4.08 (1.54%)
$39.44▲ 0.64 (1.65%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/109.0/108.7/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$5.58B$30.70B$35.09B$21.81B
Revenue$2.31B$6.15B$7.94B$11.81B
Profit$423.8M$1.14B$1.08B$1.19B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.2.1%8.6%7.1%0.9%7.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.28.3%30.7%27.4%25.7%27.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—23.4%20.4%16.1%20.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.18.4%18.5%13.6%10.0%13.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.8.6%15.9%14.3%12.0%14.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.28.7%11.3%12.6%8.9%11.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—8.7%9.9%13.3%9.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.13.17x27.00x32.59x18.41x27.00x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—17.34x16.58x—16.96x
Price to book3.78x3.06x4.12x1.65x3.06x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.61x0.86x0.96x0.83x0.86x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/98/99/94/88.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafegrey

How EXP compares with the others

  • EXP's profit margin of 18.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (13.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 2.1% against 7.1%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 13.2x against 27.0x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.6x against 0.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.