CPAC vs. LOMA, EXP, CX, CRH, RETO, TBLT, CEAD, EFOI, WLGS, and ILAG
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 Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Eagle Materials (EXP), CEMEX (CX), CRH (CRH), ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO), ToughBuilt Industries (TBLT), CEA Industries (CEAD), Energy Focus (EFOI), WANG & LEE GROUP (WLGS), and Intelligent Living Application Group (ILAG). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima presently has a consensus target price of $6.55, suggesting a potential downside of 8.90%. Given Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A..
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.3% of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. had 2 more articles in the media than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. and 0 mentions for Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays out 307.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays out 89.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s net margin of 1.58%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 16.22% beat Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima received 86 more outperform votes than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. an outperform vote.
Summary
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. beats Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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