Building materials
16 companies · $108B combined revenue · $15.0B operating profit
The typical US-listed building materials company grew revenue 3.9% and earnings 1% in its latest year, at a 16.1% operating margin, and 4 of 16 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 14% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more25%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue43%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more25%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash38%
Combined revenue · 15 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 16 companies
| Median | – | 3.9% | 1% | 16.1% | 8.5% | 0.62x |
| CRHCRH Public | $37.4B | 5.3%▲ | 7.5%▲ | 14.5%▼ | 11%▲ | 0.73x▼ |
| MLMMartin Marietta Materials | $6.2B | 8.6%▲ | -43%▼ | 23.4%▲ | 8.1%▼ | 0.53x▲ |
| TECKTECK Resources | CAD 10.8B | 18.7%▲ | 279%▲ | 20.9%▲ | 5.5%▼ | 0.16x▲ |
| VMCVulcan Materials | $7.9B | 7.1%▲ | 18.1%▲ | 20.4%▲ | 10.3%▲ | 0.51x▲ |
| AMRZAmrize | $11.8B | 0.9%▼ | -7%▼ | 16.1%▲ | 8.9%▲ | 0.40x▲ |
| SQMChemical & Mining CO of Chile | $4.6B | 1%▼ | -7.4%▼ | 23.2%▲ | 8.3%▼ | 1.12x▼ |
| JHXJames Hardie Industries | $4.8B | 24.7%▲ | -75.5%▼ | 9.3%▼ | 3.6%▼ | 0.71x▼ |
| CXCemex Sab de CV | $16.1B | 0.4%▼ | 1% | 6.2%▼ | 4.7%▼ | 0.42x▲ |
| HLHecla Mining | $1.4B | 53%▲ | 799%▲ | 36.2%▲ | 15.5%▲ | 0.10x▲ |
| OCOwens Corning | $10.1B | 2.6%▼ | -181%▼ | 3.6%▼ | 3.5%▼ | 1.23x▼ |
| EXPEagle Materials | $2.3B | 2.1%▼ | -8.5%▼ | 25.5%▲ | 16.4%▲ | 1.19x▼ |
| USLMUnited States Lime & Minerals | $373M | 17.3%▲ | 23.4%▲ | 42.4%▲ | 24%▲ | 0.00x▲ |
| KNFKnife River | $3.1B | 8.5%▲ | -22.1%▼ | 9.1%▼ | 8.7%▲ | 0.71x▼ |
| LEUCentrus Energy | $449M | 1.5%▼ | 6.3%▲ | 11.2%▼ | 2.5%▼ | 1.54x▼ |
| TTAMTitan America | $1.7B | 1.8%▼ | 11.7%▲ | 16.1%▼ | 15.8%▲ | 0.38x▲ |
| UUUUEnergy Fuels | $66M | -15.6%▼ | – | -153%▼ | -7.3%▼ | 1.00x▼ |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).