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MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INCEvidence as of 2026-09-03Overview · MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC
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…
Management team
- Jacklyn Rooker · Director of Investor RelationsFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Robert J. Cardin · Interim CFO, Senior VP, Controller & Chief Accounting OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Bradley D. Kohn · Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and Head of Government AffairsFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Michael J. Petro · Senior Vice President of Strategy & DevelopmentFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.
+0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
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Editor's note
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Revenue rose from $ 1,362,000,000 in Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-27) to $ 1,947,000,000 in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-27). Quarter‑over‑year revenue for the period ended 30 June 2025 (reported as the fiscal Q2 2026 reporting period 2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30) was $ 1,609,000,000, so revenue in the later fiscal Q2 2026 exceeded that comparable quarter by $ 338,000,000.
Gross profit increased from $ 310,000,000 in Q1 2026 to $ 495,000,000 in Q2 2026, implying gross margin moved from about 22.8% to about 25.4%. Operating income rose from $ 162,000,000 to $ 372,000,000, implying operating margin moved from about 11.9% to about 19.1%, while reported net income declined from $ 1,513,000,000 in Q1 2026 to $ 251,000,000 in Q2 2026. The balance sheet shows long‑term debt rising from $ 5,293,000,000 as of 2025-12-31 to $ 5,951,000,000 as of 2026-06-30 and cash and cash equivalents falling from $ 273,000,000 as of 2026-03-31 to $ 112,000,000 as of 2026-06-30.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenue rose from $1,362,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31) to $1,947,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001193125-26-196029Revenue for the quarter ended 30 June 2025 (fiscal Q2 2026 reporting period 2025-04-01 to 2025-06-30) was $1,609,000,000, compared with $1,947,000,000 for fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30), indicating higher quarter-over-year revenue for the later quarter by $338,000,000.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001193125-26-326001Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
In the shareholders agreement filed 24 August 2026, LNA Holding and its affiliates are subject to a lock-up on the Consideration Shares with 50% of those shares released from the lock-up on the 12‑month anniversary of the Closing and the remaining 50% released on the 24‑month anniversary of the Closing.
8-K filed 2026-08-24The shareholders agreement filed 24 August 2026 gives LNA Holding the right to designate one director and to appoint one non‑voting board observer while it beneficially owns at least 7,102,033 shares (equal to 10% of outstanding common stock as of the Closing), reduces designation rights to one director if ownership falls below 10% but remains at or above 5,326,525 shares (7.5%), and terminates all designation and observer rights if ownership falls below 5,326,525 shares (7.5%).
8-K filed 2026-08-24Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Momentum over the past 6 months is -21.6%, which ranks in the 6th percentile of the 547-stock research universe as of 2 Sep 2026.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02Relative strength versus SPY is -33.6% over the past 6 months and -36.3% over the past 12 months, with the 6-month relative-strength rank at the 6th percentile of 547.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00, the ETF IVV held 0.05% of its fund in MLM.
ETF constituents · market dataA Form 4 insider filing for MLM was filed on 2026-08-25 (the 4 filed 25 August 2026); the provided record shows parse_status 'skipped' and no primary document URL.
Form 4 × 1 (90d window not enforced here)Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Multiple outlets ran pieces tying broader market weakness (war tensions, rising oil, seasonality) to a wave of Wall Street analyst activity on 2 September 2026.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-02A similar roundup of analyst calls and pre-market commentary that highlights a weak start to September and mixed futures was published on 2 September 2026.
News · 247wallst.com · 2026-09-02Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
A Form 4-style transaction lists Niemann Philipp (Director) with an action coded "code A" for 337 shares dated 2026-08-21 and an indicated value of "$0".
Form 4 · Niemann Philipp (Director) · $0 code A · 2026-08-21The transaction record shows no trading plan flag (trading_plan: null) for the Niemann Philipp entry dated 2026-08-21.
Form 4 · Niemann Philipp (Director) · $0 code A · 2026-08-21Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
Free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is negative $15,000,000 (FCF ttm = -15,000,000).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeFree cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months is negative $0.2492 per share (fcf_per_share = -0.2492).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several contemporaneous operating metrics point toward an improving operating profile: quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year revenue gains (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1) accompanied by expanding gross and operating margins (fundamentals-2, fundamentals-3) indicate the business generated higher top-line and operating profitability in the latest reported quarter. Dilution appears modest to negative, with a small decline in shares outstanding and prior buybacks (fundamentals-7, fundamentals-8), which can concentrate reported per-share operating results. Corporate governance filings around the Lhoist combination (filings-0 through filings-3) establish lock-ups, board-designation mechanics, and registration rights that may affect share supply and strategic integration timing. These operational and structural items, together with a still-moderate trailing P/E (valuation-2) and several positive news items about the completed combination (news-3), collectively support a favorable read on the company’s recent operating momentum and capital-structure developments.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.37
36 surviving claims rest on 15 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 25% of them, and 100% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The surviving set is moderately concentrated: 36 claims draw on only 15 distinct sources and one analyst accounts for a quarter of the claims, so a handful of inputs carry outsized influence. The fact that everything the desk raised survived debate suggests low internal contention — useful for passing checks but a sign the read is less stress‑tested against alternative interpretations.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 2nd of 2 in Building Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
6-month relative strength ranks 2nd of 2 in Building Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
90-day volatility ranks 2nd of 2 in Building Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
dividend yield ranks 2nd of 2 in Building Materials (as of 2026-09-02).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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11 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.2 to the score
7 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+1.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−1.3 to the score
2 holdings records
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.5 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 filing
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot+0.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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