Cemex (CX) vs. Its Peers Head to Head Comparison

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.0% of Cemex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cemex 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cemex and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cemex	1	3	7	0	2.55
Cemex Competitors	434	2138	2930	87	2.48

Cemex presently has a consensus target price of $13.92, suggesting a potential upside of 31.66%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 400.28%. Given Cemex’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cemex has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Cemex and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cemex	3.60%	5.18%	2.43%
Cemex Competitors	1.51%	8.02%	4.92%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cemex and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cemex	$17.38 billion	$960.00 million	24.03
Cemex Competitors	$32.63 billion	$651.21 million	24.83

Cemex’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Cemex. Cemex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Cemex has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cemex’s competitors have a beta of 0.91, indicating that their average stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Cemex pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cemex pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies pay a dividend yield of 177.8% and pay out 31.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Cemex competitors beat Cemex on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Cemex

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, distributes, and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, urbanization solutions, and other construction materials and services worldwide. The company offers gray ordinary portland, white portland, oil-well, and blended cement products; mortar; and standard ready-mix, architectural and decorative, rapid-setting, fiber-reinforced, fluid-fill, roller-compacted, self-consolidating, pervious, and antibacterial, and other concrete products. It also provides crushed stone, sand, gravel, and recycled concrete products; performance materials, such as admixtures, mortars, special mortars, and asphalt; and waste management services comprising municipal and industrial, construction, demolition and excavation, and alternative raw materials. In addition, the company construction related services, including logistics and transportation, retail, pavement services, design and engineering, and others; and industrial construction products consist of precast components, 2D panels, 3D modules, and complete structures. CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico.