LOMA vs. CPAC, CRH, CX, EXP, ABM, PRIM, DOOR, CVCO, GVA, and FTDR
Should you be buying Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima include Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CRH (CRH), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), ABM Industries (ABM), Primoris Services (PRIM), Masonite International (DOOR), Cavco Industries (CVCO), Granite Construction (GVA), and Frontdoor (FTDR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) and Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:LOMA) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima received 86 more outperform votes than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. an outperform vote.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a net margin of 8.99% compared to Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s net margin of 5.68%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 16.68% beat Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s return on equity.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays out 84.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima pays out 97.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima had 2 more articles in the media than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima and 0 mentions for Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima's score of 0.00 indicating that Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $6.55, suggesting a potential downside of 12.20%. Given Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A..
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
19.3% of Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima beats Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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