Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM – Get Free Report) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT – Get Free Report) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Martin Marietta Materials and American Battery Technology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Martin Marietta Materials | 30.80% | 13.85% | 7.42% |
| American Battery Technology | N/A | -61.72% | -46.74% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of American Battery Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Martin Marietta Materials | $6.62 billion | 5.59 | $1.17 billion | $32.90 | 18.38 |
| American Battery Technology | $343,500.00 | 213.41 | -$52.50 million | ($0.97) | -1.03 |
Martin Marietta Materials has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. American Battery Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Marietta Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Martin Marietta Materials and American Battery Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Martin Marietta Materials | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2.86 |
| American Battery Technology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Martin Marietta Materials presently has a consensus price target of $621.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.78%. American Battery Technology has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 500.00%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats American Battery Technology on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Martin Marietta Materials
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a natural resource-based building materials company, supplies aggregates and heavy-side building materials to the construction industry in the United States and internationally. It offers crushed stone, sand, and gravel products; ready mixed concrete and asphalt; paving products and services; and Portland and specialty cement for use in the infrastructure projects, and nonresidential and residential construction markets, as well as in the railroad, agricultural, utility, and environmental industries. The company also produces magnesia-based chemicals products; dolomitic lime primarily to customers for steel production and soil stabilization; and cement treated materials. Its chemical products are used in flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other environmental applications. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
About American Battery Technology
American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
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