Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM)

TMFBreakerDave (99.03) Submitted: 9/06/06 2:27 PM : Start Price: $81.80 MLM Score: 20.39

At a recent social weekend, I was introduced to this stock by money-manager friends of mine who believe it's a great place to park money over the next few years, apparently because the supply of construction rock in the U.S. is in high demand and yet...

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raleigh1208 (< 20) Submitted: 5/24/06 2:32 AM : Start Price: $85.51 MLM Score: 12.70

A construction aggregates company well-known by me, which generates tons of free cash flow, with a well-developed infrastructure to deliver construction aggregate materials (limestone, granite, sand, gravel, etc.) to its markets, particularly in the ...

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dm982 (73.98) Submitted: 9/12/06 3:58 PM : Start Price: $75.33 MLM Score: 29.22

Beaten down (Sept 2006) and very cheap compared to growth (and I believe superior to VMC). Rocks may seem boring but you won't have to worry about foreign competition since it would cost too much to ship. As Peter Lynch said, diversified companies ma...

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alandarge (< 20) Submitted: 4/05/07 1:04 PM : Start Price: $136.18 MLM Score: -12.45

The need for concrete in China and the US

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mcreilly (30.73) Submitted: 1/19/07 6:56 PM : Start Price: $108.60 MLM Score: 2.38

With the recent construction boom in some sectors, cement and its raw materials are in demand. Martin Marietta is a provider of the raw materials and has shown tremendous growth in the last year.

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ohioyardman (< 20) Submitted: 1/15/07 10:06 AM : Start Price: $106.21 MLM Score: 4.09

Good historic earnings growth, plus the name of my hometown is part of it's name.

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jackspratnofat (79.02) Submitted: 1/12/07 5:26 PM : Start Price: $106.21 MLM Score: 4.09

Rock sand and Gravel, And good DIV!

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hybridinvestor (91.47) Submitted: 1/05/07 2:45 PM : Start Price: $99.14 MLM Score: -8.13

Housing related fall-out pan.

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VulcanMat1 (89.27) Submitted: 3/27/08 11:07 AM : Start Price: $107.67 MLM Score: -2.50

The economy will recover. You can bet the construction materials market will follow suit. Martin Marietta has proven that they can profit no matter what the market conditions.

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fulanito06 (99.40) Submitted: 3/12/08 10:02 PM : Start Price: $103.90 MLM Score: 1.27

MLM has gotten beat up since last summer with the downturn in the building sector. It's bottomed out now, and it may not make much noise in the next 9-12 months, but look for big movements after a year to a more appropriate stock value.

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