Why does MLM lag the market?
Up 20% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 80%.
“Other Building Materials revenues decreased 8% in 2025 to $992 million, and gross profit decreased 18% to $98 million, reflecting slightly lower asphalt pricing”
MLM's Quality Score rose 1 point on Tue, Nov 10, to 6. It closed near its high of the day (2 chart checks started).
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Up 20% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 80%.
“Other Building Materials revenues decreased 8% in 2025 to $992 million, and gross profit decreased 18% to $98 million, reflecting slightly lower asphalt pricing”
| The company | Profit up 100% to $2.3B |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 4 |
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.1% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
MLM is #2 of 14 by Quality Score.
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: MLM +20%, VMC +1.6%.
Expected to report Wed Feb 10, before the open (in 92 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $2.4B, 28% more than a year ago; a profit of $3.94 a share.
“Aggregates gross profit decreased 4 percent to $512 million, primarily due to higher depreciation, depletion and amortization, and energy-related costs.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reportable segments | $2.4B | $1.9B | $1.8B |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Nov 4)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.8B |
“ASP decreased 3.6 percent to $22.41 per ton, primarily reflecting acquisition-related mix, as acquired operations have average selling prices below the Company average.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Nov 4)
Sales grew 5.4% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $3.36 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | -0.7% | +2.4% | -2.9% |
| Jul 30, 2026 | -1.1% | -5.2% | -2.9% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -0.7% | +1.0% | +0.4% |
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $6.2B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 54.9, MACD above signal, above its 50-day, below its 200-day. Not scored.
23 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: MLM is 0.1% of VIG, 0.1% of SCHG, and under 0.1% of VOO, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Martin Marietta is a leading US producer of construction aggregates, having produced roughly 200 million tons in 2025. Its aggregate reserves represent approximately 85 years of supply at 2025 production levels. Over the past several years, the company has increased its exposure to aggregates while reducing its presence in cement and downstream businesses such as concrete and asphalt. More recently, Martin Marietta expanded into an aggregate-adjacent business through its acquisition of Lhoist North America, the largest US producer of lime. The company operates across 28 states, with smaller operations in Canada and the Bahamas.
“The nature of the Company’s competition varies among its products due to the widely differing amounts of capital necessary to build and maintain production facilities.”
MLM scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #2 of 14 in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 20% over three years while the S&P 500 rose 80%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
MLM scores 6 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #2 of 14 in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind MLM's 6.
Expected to report Wed Feb 10, before the open, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. MLM closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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