CPAC vs. CRH, CX, EXP, LOMA, SHW, DHI, LEN, URI, OTIS, and PWR
Should you be buying Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. include CRH (CRH), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), and Quanta Services (PWR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
CRH (NYSE:CRH) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
CRH received 316 more outperform votes than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.61% of users gave Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. an outperform vote while only 56.28% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
62.5% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s net margin of 0.00%. CRH's return on equity of 16.68% beat Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity.
CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays out 84.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CRH currently has a consensus target price of $83.28, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CRH is more favorable than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A..
In the previous week, CRH had 5 more articles in the media than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CRH and 1 mentions for Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat CRH's score of 0.00 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CRH has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A..
Summary
CRH beats Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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