Summit Materials Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Summit Materials Inc (SUM) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Summit Materials Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 3,755M vs 27,644M combined for its competitors (12.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+24.8% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs accelerating (+5.6%) for its tracked peer group.
- Growth: Summit Materials Inc generated 47.4% revenue growth year over year in Q3 2024, vs -9.9% for its competitors combined.
- Profitability: Its 9.0% net margin compares with 17.1% for the peer group.
- Peer revenue share: Summit Materials Inc accounted for 13.8% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 8.9% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.71M compares with $0.73M for the peer group (1.0x).
- Structure: Summit Materials Inc operates in the following segments: West, Cement, East.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
SUM Sales vs. its Competitors, Q3 2024
Summit Materials Inc reported revenue growth of 47.35 % year on year in Q3 2024, above its competitors' combined revenue change of -9.90 %.
With a net margin of 8.98 %, Summit Materials Inc reported lower profitability than its competitors (17.07 %).
Summit Materials Inc generated 13.83 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 8.94 % a year earlier.
API endpoints for this dataset
Summit Materials Inc vs. its Competitors, Q3 2024
Revenue growth, year on year
Net income growth, year on year
Net margin
Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in Summit Materials Inc reports; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Summit Materials Inc and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (6) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Summit Materials Inc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
For context: the Construction Raw Materials industry grew revenue 41.2% year over year, combined, vs 47.4% for Summit Materials Inc. Summit Materials Inc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 1.36% to 1.42%, a gain of 0.06 percentage points.
Summit Materials Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Group definitions: see Methodology: Performance Group Definitions.
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Competitors combined (9) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (2) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 75.00 % (6 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 100.00 % (8 of 8) | 25.00 % (2 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
SUM Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
SUM Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
SUM Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granite Construction Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | United States Lime and Minerals Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 3 | Vulcan Materials Company | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 4 | Eagle Materials Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 5 | Mdu Resources Group Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Summit Materials Inc's best-performing competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Summit Materials Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Summit Materials Inc
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
 Summit Materials Inc |
9,253.32 | 3,754.55 |
 Vulcan Materials Company |
37,269.45 | 8,008.90 |
 Martin Marietta Materials Inc |
31,816.90 | 6,295.00 |
 Eagle Materials Inc |
5,933.70 | 2,324.93 |
 Granite Construction Inc |
5,806.77 | 5,301.83 |
 Mdu Resources Group Inc |
3,988.78 | 1,863.04 |
| SUBTOTAL | 100,924.12 | 31,398.78 |
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Sources: see Methodology: Peer & Competitor Identification, Sourcing.
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Summit Materials Inc's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from Summit Materials Inc reports and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vulcan Materials Company | Company report | 85% |
| Argos USA | Company report | 85% |
| U s Concrete Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Knife River Corporation | Company report | 85% |
| Granite Construction Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Smith midland Corporation | Company report | 85% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Eagle Materials Inc | Company report | 85% |
| United States Lime and Minerals Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | Company report | 85% |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | Company report | 85% |
Company report basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Summit Materials Inc's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: see Methodology: Peer & Competitor Identification, Sourcing.
Summit Materials Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | West 46.03 % |
| Vulcan Materials Company | Aggregates 83.42 % |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | Building Materials Business 84.72 % |
| Eagle Materials Inc | Cement 59.83 % |
| Granite Construction Inc | Constructions 83.45 % |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | Natural gas distribution 43.96 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's reports (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
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Summit Materials Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | 9,253 | 708,405 | 27,805 |
| Vulcan Materials Company | 37,269 | 681,725 | 94,025 |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 31,817 | 669,681 | 261,383 |
| Eagle Materials Inc | 5,934 | 929,974 | 161,030 |
| Granite Construction Inc | 5,807 | 914,108 | -42,384 |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | 3,989 | 888,854 | 91,833 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 91,671 | 733,794 | 101,775 |
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Summit Materials Inc's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Construction Raw Materials industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (47 companies). See the full Construction Raw Materials industry profitability benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 29.81 % | 24.47 % (avg) | +5.3 pp |
| Operating Margin | 10.42 % | industry median | -0.3 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | 19.49 % | 6.85 % (avg) | +12.6 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | 9.85 % | 12.36 % (avg) | -2.5 pp |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Summit Materials Inc's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Construction Raw Materials industry average (47 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns. See the full Construction Raw Materials industry valuation benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 46.6x | 23.9x | +22.7x |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.5x | 13.5x | -4.9x |
| P/B | 1.8x | 2.6x | -0.8x |
| Return on Equity | 3.85 % | industry aggregate | -10.84 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 3.61 % | 3.16 % (avg) | 0.45 % |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Summit Materials Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in company reports.| Metric | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | 8.72 % | 5.77 % | 4.96 % | 10.00 % | -1.03 % | 8.58 % |
| Operating Margin | 7.73 % | 9.61 % | 9.65 % | 12.59 % | 11.15 % | 11.86 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 2.63 % | 3.31 % | 3.25 % | 4.26 % | 3.67 % | 4.87 % |
| P/E | 45.5x | 47.1x | 17.0x | 22.8x | 12.3x | 14.5x |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Summit Materials Inc's Strategic Group Map
Summit Materials Inc is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC are labeled. See Methodology: Strategic Group Map for how this chart is built.
Summit Materials Inc's trailing-12-month revenue growth of 49.5% and operating margin of 10.4% compares with an average of 25.7% growth and 16.2% margin across its 8 closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC -- Summit Materials Inc sits above that peer average on growth and below it on margin.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Summit Materials Inc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Barriers to Entry | Lower than typical for the industry | Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 9.85 % vs industry average 12.36 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above) |
Note: see Methodology: Porter's Five Forces. Supplier power and buyer power are covered on Summit Materials Inc's dedicated Suppliers and Customers pages, not here.
Summit Materials Inc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
See Methodology: GE/McKinsey Matrix for how the two axes are built.
Summit Materials Inc falls in the Low attractiveness / High strength cell: Selective.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Summit Materials Inc's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+24.8% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
Weaknesses
- Return on equity 10.8 points below the industry aggregate.
Opportunities
No rule matched.
Threats
No rule matched.
Methodology: see Methodology: SWOT Analysis.
Summit Materials Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | 1.09 | 3.19 | 0.00 |
| Vulcan Materials Company | 0.14 | 2.02 | 0.52 |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 0.11 | 2.37 | 0.54 |
| Eagle Materials Inc | 0.56 | 3.10 | 1.01 |
| Granite Construction Inc | 0.30 | 1.10 | 1.57 |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | 0.06 | 0.86 | 0.90 |
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Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Summit Materials Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | Q3 2024 | +47.4 % | -54.8 % |
| Vulcan Materials Company | Q3 2026 | -4.7 % | -3.4 % |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | Q2 2026 | +7.5 % | -23.5 % |
| Eagle Materials Inc | Q2 2026 | +2.6 % | -17.2 % |
| Granite Construction Inc | Q3 2026 | +23.3 % | -97.1 % |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | Q3 2026 | +10.4 % | -23.1 % |
| PEERS TOTAL | +10.0 % | -35.2 % |
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Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Summit Materials Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | Q3 2024 | +45.1 % | +79.4 % |
| Vulcan Materials Company | Q3 2026 | -4.7 % | -20.0 % |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | Q2 2026 | +30.3 % | -28.5 % |
| Eagle Materials Inc | Q2 2026 | +9.0 % | +58.7 % |
| Granite Construction Inc | Q3 2026 | +22.1 % | +27.3 % |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | Q3 2026 | +18.1 % | -22.9 % |
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Summit Materials Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | 1.96% | 2.10% | 3.85% |
| Vulcan Materials Company | 6.64% | 6.50% | 13.02% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 12.41% | 12.99% | 23.06% |
| Eagle Materials Inc | 11.16% | 11.07% | 27.04% |
| Granite Construction Inc | - | - | - |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | 2.49% | 2.78% | 6.65% |
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ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Summit Materials Inc's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Summit Materials Inc | 63.68 | 2.46 |
| Vulcan Materials Company | 34.14 | 4.65 |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 12.99 | 5.05 |
| Eagle Materials Inc | 15.14 | 2.55 |
| Granite Construction Inc | - | 1.10 |
| Mdu Resources Group Inc | 20.17 | 2.14 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 25.35 | 3.21 |
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P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.