MLM Stock — Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM)

Updated October 16, 2026.

MLM is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.67%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.66%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 78/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 2985.3% over the past 32.7 years, 199.7 points ahead of SPY at 2785.6%.

Martin Marietta Materials is a natural resource-based building materials company that supplies aggregates, heavy-side building materials, ready mixed concrete, asphalt, and magnesia-based chemicals to construction, infrastructure, and industrial customers across the United States and internationally. The company distributes a modest dividend on a quarterly basis. This security appeals to investors seeking exposure to the construction materials and chemicals sectors with some income generation.

MLM performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 2985.3% over the past 32.7 years, 199.7 points ahead of SPY at 2785.6%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -19.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 33.2%.

MLM key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

78 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.52%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/17/1994

Distribution rate

0.67%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.66%

5-year average yield

0.59

Last close

$500.84 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$35,569,347,281

Average volume

963200.0

Dividend

$0.84

Ex-dividend date

09/01/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

1.085

Payout ratio

18.1%

P/E ratio

32.78

Forward P/E

20.6186

EPS

$15.28

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.67%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.66%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

MLM risks and drawbacks

MLM's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 33.2%.

Who may consider MLM — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (MLM pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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