Head to Head Review: Amrize (AMRZ) vs. Its Peers

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) is one of 74 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction Materials” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Amrize to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amrize and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$11.81 billion	$1.19 billion	20.55
Amrize Competitors	$6.81 billion	$651.37 million	30.93

Amrize has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Amrize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Amrize pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Amrize pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies pay a dividend yield of 183.0% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Amrize and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amrize	9.89%	10.22%	5.48%
Amrize Competitors	4.62%	8.00%	4.99%

Risk & Volatility

Amrize has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize’s peers have a beta of 0.90, suggesting that their average stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Amrize shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Amrize and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	1	6	9	1	2.59
Amrize Competitors	406	2058	2839	83	2.48

Amrize presently has a consensus target price of $60.57, indicating a potential upside of 35.83%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 429.81%. Given Amrize’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Amrize beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Amrize

Amrize AG focuses on building materials business in North America. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Zug, Switzerland. Amrize AG operates independently of Holcim AG as of June 23, 2025.