Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM)

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is trading at $540.41, up 1.13% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $501.99 and the 200 day at $575.37, which puts the stock in a downtrend. RSI is at 70.4, which reads as overbought, and MACD is bullish crossover. Volume is above average.

The nearest support is around $522.19 with resistance near $542.18, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $13.55, or about 2.5% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 55 out of 100 combines a trend score of 27, momentum of 76 and a risk score of 71.

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 operates through East Group and West Group segments. The company offers crushed stone, sand, and gravel products; ready mixed concrete and asphalt; and paving products and services for use in the infrastructure projects, and nonresidential and residential construction projects, as well as in the railroad, agricultural, utility, and environmental industries. It also produces magnesia-based chemicals products, and dolomitic lime primarily to customers for steel production and soil stabilization. Its chemical products are used in flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other applications. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.