CX vs. EXP, FND, WMS, TOL, BLD, ACM, FIX, RPM, TREX, and OC
Should you be buying CEMEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CEMEX include Eagle Materials (EXP), Floor & Decor (FND), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Toll Brothers (TOL), TopBuild (BLD), AECOM (ACM), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), RPM International (RPM), Trex (TREX), and Owens Corning (OC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
CEMEX (NYSE:CX) and Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
Eagle Materials has a net margin of 22.24% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 1.06%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 40.05% beat CEMEX's return on equity.
CEMEX pays an annual dividend of $0.0990 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. CEMEX pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eagle Materials pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
CEMEX received 101 more outperform votes than Eagle Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.15% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote while only 63.88% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Eagle Materials had 2 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eagle Materials and 8 mentions for CEMEX. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat CEMEX's score of 0.35 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CEMEX has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CEMEX currently has a consensus price target of $9.37, indicating a potential upside of 15.21%. Eagle Materials has a consensus price target of $263.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Given CEMEX's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.
83.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Eagle Materials shares are owned 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.
Summary
Eagle Materials beats CEMEX on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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