CX vs. EXP, LOMA, CPAC, CRH, LEN, PWR, OTIS, MLM, HWM, and VMC
Should you be buying CEMEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CEMEX include Eagle Materials (EXP), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC), CRH (CRH), Lennar (LEN), Quanta Services (PWR), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), and Vulcan Materials (VMC). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, CEMEX and CEMEX both had 5 articles in the media. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat CEMEX's score of 0.83 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Eagle Materials has a net margin of 21.14% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 1.28%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 37.31% beat CEMEX's return on equity.
CEMEX received 98 more outperform votes than Eagle Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.32% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote while only 63.81% 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.
CEMEX presently has a consensus price target of $9.46, indicating a potential upside of 25.59%. Eagle Materials has a consensus price target of $279.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.34%. Given CEMEX's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.
CEMEX has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eagle Materials beats CEMEX on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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