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CX vs. VMC, MLM, JHX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, SKY, ACA, TGLS, and CXT

Should you be buying CEMEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CEMEX include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Crane NXT (CXT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

CEMEX vs.

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and CEMEX (NYSE:CX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Vulcan Materials presently has a consensus price target of $302.91, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. CEMEX has a consensus price target of $7.58, suggesting a potential upside of 8.12%. Given Vulcan Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than CEMEX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
CEMEX
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 34 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 4 mentions for CEMEX. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat CEMEX's score of 0.80 indicating that Vulcan Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vulcan Materials
29 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CEMEX
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CEMEX pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Vulcan Materials pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CEMEX pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vulcan Materials has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. CEMEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Vulcan Materials received 87 more outperform votes than CEMEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.84% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 63.47% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vulcan MaterialsOutperform Votes
636
65.84%
Underperform Votes
330
34.16%
CEMEXOutperform Votes
549
63.47%
Underperform Votes
316
36.53%

Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMEX has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vulcan Materials$7.51B4.76$933.20M$7.0538.38
CEMEX$15.91B0.64$938.81M$0.967.30

Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.30% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 5.70%. Vulcan Materials' return on equity of 12.83% beat CEMEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vulcan Materials12.30% 12.83% 6.74%
CEMEX 5.70%7.78%3.41%

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats CEMEX on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CX vs. The Competition

MetricCEMEXCement, hydraulic IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.15B$22.05B$8.73B$19.41B
Dividend Yield1.21%2.94%2.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio11.1210.1316.6034.23
Price / Sales0.641.2371.6334.85
Price / Cash6.878.0121.3017.51
Price / Book0.811.784.564.69
Net Income$938.81M$1.46B$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.98%-0.34%-1.96%-1.74%
1 Month Performance28.20%7.52%8.44%7.46%
1 Year Performance-7.88%18.36%84.28%3.96%

CEMEX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CX
CEMEX
2.978 of 5 stars
$6.98
-0.5%
$7.58
+8.6%
-9.5%$10.11B$15.91B11.0743,500
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.3874 of 5 stars
$275.68
+0.1%
$302.91
+9.9%
+3.2%$36.42B$7.51B40.2511,400Positive News
Insider Trade
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.5671 of 5 stars
$568.38
+0.8%
$610.69
+7.4%
-3.5%$34.26B$6.64B17.589,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.4569 of 5 stars
$25.21
flat
$42.45
+68.4%
-22.9%$10.84B$3.91B24.963,257Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.4484 of 5 stars
$242.23
+1.0%
$274.40
+13.3%
-11.3%$8.06B$2.27B17.302,200News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.6792 of 5 stars
$54.58
-1.9%
$77.17
+41.4%
-28.9%$6.56B$4.53B14.5511,200Positive News
Gap Down
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.7049 of 5 stars
$75.88
+1.0%
$100.40
+32.3%
-11.2%$5.85B$6.01B-361.3311,000Positive News
SKY
Skyline Champion
0.6928 of 5 stars
$90.23
-2.2%
$88.40
-2.0%
+12.5%$5.17B$2.43B31.778,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ACA
Arcosa
4.1164 of 5 stars
$87.80
-1.3%
$104.00
+18.5%
-1.4%$4.29B$2.60B33.385,230Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.1584 of 5 stars
$86.65
+0.5%
$83.00
-4.2%
+52.9%$4.07B$919.84M27.086,910Positive News
Analyst Revision
CXT
Crane NXT
3.7337 of 5 stars
$54.68
-1.1%
$73.75
+34.9%
-14.3%$3.14B$1.50B17.1411,000Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:CX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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