Financial Analysis: Wienerberger (OTCMKTS:WBRBY) and Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ)

Wienerberger (OTCMKTS:WBRBY) and Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Wienerberger and Amrize, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wienerberger	1	1	1	0	2.00
Amrize	0	6	10	1	2.71

Amrize has a consensus target price of $64.71, suggesting a potential upside of 21.32%. Given Amrize’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize is more favorable than Wienerberger.

Dividends

Wienerberger pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Amrize pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Wienerberger pays out 305.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amrize pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Wienerberger and Amrize”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wienerberger	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.04	140.17
Amrize	$11.82 billion	2.50	$1.19 billion	$2.09	25.52

Amrize has higher revenue and earnings than Wienerberger. Amrize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wienerberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Wienerberger and Amrize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wienerberger	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amrize	9.70%	9.84%	5.28%

Summary

Amrize beats Wienerberger on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Wienerberger

Wienerberger AG produces and sells clay blocks, facing bricks, roof tiles, and pavers in Europe. It operates through Wienerberger Building Solutions, Wienerberger Piping Solutions, and North America segments. The company offers wall, façade, and roof system for single, two, and multi-family homes, and non-residential construction; paving and water management for gardens, pavements, and parking areas; and electrical cooling and heating installation, drinking water and wastewater, garden irrigation, irrigation systems and water storage. It also provides water management and wastewater disposal, supplies energy, data transfer, and special products; and pipe system solution to infrastructure, buildings, and agriculture. Wienerberger AG was founded in 1819 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

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.