CEMEX (CX) Competitors

CEMEX (NYSE:CX) and Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CX or EXP?

83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Eagle Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CX or EXP?

Eagle Materials has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CEMEX. Eagle Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CEMEX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CEMEX	$17.42B	0.65	$182M	$0.14	55.93
Eagle Materials	$2.15B	4.12	$461.54M	$14.17	18.12

Do analysts rate CX or EXP?

CEMEX currently has a consensus target price of $9.53, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. Eagle Materials has a consensus target price of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.63%. Given CEMEX's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEMEX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Eagle Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is CX or EXP more profitable?

Eagle Materials has a net margin of 22.24% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 1.28%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 40.05% beat CEMEX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEMEX	1.28%	1.82%	0.79%
Eagle Materials	22.24%	40.05%	17.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CX or EXP?

CEMEX received 103 more outperform votes than Eagle Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.15% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEMEX	Outperform Votes 536 63.96%	Underperform Votes 302 36.04%
Eagle Materials	Outperform Votes 433 64.15%	Underperform Votes 242 35.85%

Does the media favor CX or EXP?

In the previous week, CEMEX had 18 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CEMEX and 4 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat CEMEX's score of 0.37 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEMEX	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eagle Materials	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CX or EXP?

CEMEX has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Eagle Materials beats CEMEX on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.