FBIN vs. CX, JHX, EXP, WFG, SKY, ACA, TGLS, CXT, USLM, and LOMA
Should you be buying Fortune Brands Innovations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortune Brands Innovations include CEMEX (CX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Eagle Materials (EXP), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Crane NXT (CXT), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Fortune Brands Innovations vs.
CEMEX (NYSE:CX) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
CEMEX pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. CEMEX pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 29.3% 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. Fortune Brands Innovations has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Fortune Brands Innovations has a net margin of 10.24% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 5.70%. Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity of 22.05% beat CEMEX's return on equity.
83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fortune Brands Innovations had 8 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations and 4 mentions for CEMEX. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat CEMEX's score of 0.62 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CEMEX has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CEMEX received 518 more outperform votes than Fortune Brands Innovations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.47% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Fortune Brands Innovations an outperform vote.
CEMEX currently has a consensus price target of $7.58, indicating a potential upside of 6.32%. Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus price target of $77.17, indicating a potential upside of 53.51%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than CEMEX.
CEMEX has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Brands Innovations. CEMEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortune Brands Innovations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fortune Brands Innovations beats CEMEX on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FBIN) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff