Shares of United States Lime & Minerals Rank the Lowest in Terms of Debt-to-Capital Ratio in the Construction Materials Industry (USLM, VMC, MLM, EXP, TXI)

Written on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 6:37am

By Shiri Gupta

Below are the three companies in the Construction Materials industry with the lowest Debt-to-Capital ratios. The debt-to-capital ratio is an important measure of how a company is financing its operations along with some insight into its financial strength, relative to other companies in its industry.

United States Lime & Minerals ranks lowest with a a Debt-to-Capital ratio of 17.8%. Vulcan Materials is next with a a Debt-to-Capital ratio of 41.8%. Martin Marietta Materials ranks third lowest with a a Debt-to-Capital ratio of 43.3%.

Eagle Materials follows with a a Debt-to-Capital ratio of 43.7%, and Texas Industries rounds out the bottom five with a a Debt-to-Capital ratio of 48.7%.

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Ticker(s): USLM VMC MLM EXP TXI

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