Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. logo MLM - Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 23
HOLD 17
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $683.91 DETAILS
HIGH: $785.00
LOW: $556.00
MEDIAN: $690.00
CONSENSUS: $683.91
UPSIDE: 18.62%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive 80% confidence

Primary model: Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 43.2% above fair value
Current Price $576.54
Bear Case $295.22 48.8% downside ($295.22 - $576.54) / $576.54 = -48.8% $18.80 × 14x + net cash
Fair Value $402.57 30.2% downside ($402.57 - $576.54) / $576.54 = -30.2% $18.80 × 18x + net cash
Bull Case $509.93 11.6% downside ($509.93 - $576.54) / $576.54 = -11.6% $18.80 × 22x + net cash

Adjust Assumptions

18.0x
18.8$

Key Value Driver

Through-cycle normalized EPS ($18.80)

Implied Market Multiple 30.7x

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses Normalized Earnings × Cycle Multiple. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $683.91 from 40 analysts, using a 30% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $402.57 per share.

Warnings

This company has a built-in lending arm whose debt is mixed in with the main business. We capped the debt adjustment to avoid overstating what the core business owes.
Price-to-book value of 5.8x is above the normal range for this type of business (0.7x-2.0x). The stock may already price in a strong cycle.
Wall Street's average price target is $683.91 (from 40 analysts). Our estimate is 59% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • Standard 10-year DCF produces unreliable terminal values for cyclicals
  • 'Cheap' P/E at cycle peak is the most common value trap — normalize first
  • Captive finance subsidiaries have different risk profiles from manufacturing