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Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) vs Vulcan Materials Company (VMC)

Eagle Materials Inc and Vulcan Materials Company are both Building Materials companies. Vulcan Materials Company is the larger, with a market value of $32.7B against $5.2B — 6.3× the size. Eagle Materials Inc trades at the lower P/E: 13.4× against 30.2×. Vulcan Materials Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.86% against 1.68%. Eagle Materials Inc has the higher net margin (17.3% vs 13.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.6% vs 8.17%). Both pay a dividend; Vulcan Materials Company yields more (0.80% vs 0.59%). Across the 23 metrics below, Eagle Materials Inc leads on 14 and Vulcan Materials Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric EXP VMC Building Materials median
P/E 13.39 30.19 17.42
P/S 2.26 4.11 1.63
P/B 3.54 3.93 2.18
Price to free cash flow 30.84 31.79 28.70
EV/EBITDA 9.37 15.82 9.23
EV/Sales 2.92 4.62 1.90
Earnings yield 7.47% 3.31% 4.89%
Free cash flow yield 3.24% 3.15% 3.13%

Profitability

Metric EXP VMC Building Materials median
Gross margin 27.02% 27.51% 27.27%
Operating margin 24.03% 20.25% 13.85%
Net margin 17.32% 13.75% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 7.33% 12.94% 8.06%
Return on equity 27.03% 13.19% 9.62%
Return on assets 11.02% 6.68% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 11.60% 8.17% 6.03%

Growth

Metric EXP VMC Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.68% 6.86% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.43%) 18.39% (0.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.31% 10.33% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.54% 13.00% 7.04%

Health

Metric EXP VMC Building Materials median
Debt to equity 1.18 0.51 0.51
Current ratio 3.23 1.76 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 1.95 1.76 1.48

Dividend

Metric EXP VMC Building Materials median
Dividend yield 0.59% 0.80% 0.93%
Payout ratio 0.08 0.24 0.19

Size

Metric EXP VMC Building Materials median
Market cap 5.23b 32.71b 2.68b

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