Eagle Materials (EXP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer EXP or CX?

Eagle Materials currently has a consensus target price of $263.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.77%. CEMEX has a consensus target price of $9.37, indicating a potential upside of 14.51%. Given CEMEX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EXP or CX?

Eagle Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Eagle Materials	$2.15B	4.07	$461.54M	$14.17	17.92
CEMEX	$17.42B	0.68	$182M	$0.12	68.17

Which has more volatility and risk, EXP or CX?

Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMEX has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EXP or CX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Materials	Outperform Votes 433 64.15%	Underperform Votes 242 35.85%
CEMEX	Outperform Votes 534 63.88%	Underperform Votes 302 36.12%

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

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

Is EXP or CX more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Materials	22.24%	40.05%	17.63%
CEMEX	1.06%	1.50%	0.66%

Does the media refer more to EXP or CX?

In the previous week, CEMEX had 5 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CEMEX and 8 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat CEMEX's score of 0.09 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Materials	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CEMEX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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