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James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX) vs Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM)

James Hardie Industries PLC. and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $37.5B against $16.6B — 2.3× the size. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.9× against 115×. James Hardie Industries PLC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.9% against 19.6%. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. has the higher net margin (31.9% vs 2.69%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.70% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, James Hardie Industries PLC. leads on 12 and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric JHX MLM Building Materials median
P/E 115.20 13.93 18.55
P/S 3.09 4.75 1.63
P/B 2.56 2.97 2.40
Price to free cash flow 35.97 39.18 32.17
EV/EBITDA 18.15 22.73 10.02
EV/Sales 3.80 6.51 2.00
Earnings yield 0.87% 7.18% 4.74%
Free cash flow yield 2.78% 2.55% 2.78%

Profitability

Metric JHX MLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 35.88% 26.67% 26.23%
Operating margin 9.73% 18.19% 14.50%
Net margin 2.69% 31.88% 9.60%
Free cash flow margin 8.59% 12.13% 7.85%
Return on equity 3.31% 0.00% 8.83%
Return on assets 1.44% 8.25% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 3.17% 2.70% 6.51%

Growth

Metric JHX MLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 42.93% 19.61% 5.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (80.61%) (42.09%) 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.70% 5.39% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (16.92%) 9.54% 7.04%

Health

Metric JHX MLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.67 0.73 0.52
Current ratio 1.59 1.63 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 4.35 2.53 1.62

Dividend

Metric JHX MLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield — 0.63% 0.86%
Payout ratio — 0.09 0.19

Size

Metric JHX MLM Building Materials median
Market cap 16.64b 37.49b 3.53b

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