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CX vs. VMC, MLM, JHX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, ACA, TGLS, SKY, 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), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Champion Homes (SKY), and Crane NXT (CXT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

Cemex vs. Its Competitors

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

Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Cemex's net margin of 8.84%. Vulcan Materials' return on equity of 12.91% beat Cemex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vulcan Materials12.50% 12.91% 6.61%
Cemex 8.84%6.47%2.92%

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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Cemex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

Vulcan Materials currently has a consensus price target of $302.91, suggesting a potential upside of 13.44%. Cemex has a consensus price target of $7.58, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. Given Vulcan Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 17 more articles in the media than Cemex. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 1 mentions for Cemex. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Cemex's score of 0.00 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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cemex
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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$7.42B4.76$911.90M$7.0537.88
Cemex$16.20B0.64$939M$0.967.44

Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cemex has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats Cemex on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CX vs. The Competition

MetricCemexBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.48B$7.84B$9.37B$20.71B
Dividend Yield1.17%1.83%2.03%3.72%
P/E Ratio7.4414.1716.2825.95
Price / Sales0.6417.76121.0438.53
Price / Cash4.8911.5615.0518.22
Price / Book0.834.214.654.59
Net Income$939M$473.25M$620.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance3.18%2.92%0.90%1.73%
1 Month Performance6.41%0.46%2.29%4.26%
1 Year Performance15.53%22.79%103.54%14.35%

Cemex Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CX
Cemex
1.791 of 5 stars
$7.14
-1.2%
$7.58
+6.1%
+15.7%$10.48B$16.20B7.4445,649
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.6301 of 5 stars
$260.67
-0.6%
$302.91
+16.2%
+9.0%$34.43B$7.42B36.9711,400Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
3.7454 of 5 stars
$548.70
-0.2%
$603.86
+10.1%
+3.9%$33.08B$6.54B31.619,400Positive News
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.3699 of 5 stars
$26.95
-2.3%
$39.12
+45.1%
-10.7%$11.58B$3.88B27.505,860High Trading Volume
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.6108 of 5 stars
$202.04
-1.3%
$254.44
+25.9%
-0.2%$6.59B$2.26B14.682,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4504 of 5 stars
$51.52
+0.4%
$77.17
+49.8%
-14.7%$6.20B$4.61B15.1111,000
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.8317 of 5 stars
$73.33
+0.5%
$100.40
+36.9%
+1.2%$5.64B$6.17B-431.359,700
ACA
Arcosa
4.0311 of 5 stars
$86.77
-1.4%
$104.00
+19.9%
+10.4%$4.24B$2.57B54.576,250News Coverage
Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.9149 of 5 stars
$77.52
-0.5%
$83.00
+7.1%
+52.9%$3.64B$919.84M24.236,910
SKY
Champion Homes
1.3112 of 5 stars
$62.77
+0.3%
$80.60
+28.4%
+0.2%$3.60B$2.48B18.359,000Positive News
CXT
Crane NXT
3.6794 of 5 stars
$53.90
+0.3%
$73.75
+36.8%
-0.7%$3.09B$1.49B18.524,500Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CX) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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