Both in Mining & Quarrying

Martin Marietta Materials vs Compass Minerals International

Over the past year MLM returned −11.9% and CMP returned +34.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.20.

MLM −11.9% CMP +34.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMLMCMP
Price$540.41$23.31
Market cap$38.38B$978.6M
Today+1.13%+1.66%
1 month+12.8%+6.9%
6 months−12.1%−11.2%
Year to date−13.2%+18.7%
1 year−12.4%+35.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+21.0%+0.3%
Gross margin25.4%17.6%
Net margin12.9%−2.6%
P/E (TTM)15.6×53.2×
Price / sales5.7×0.8×
Net cash-$5.84B-$698.2M
Dividend yield0.62%—
Volatility (60d)25.3%37.3%
Short % of float5.4%4.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).