CEMEX (CX) Competitors

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

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

96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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 Eagle Materials' net margin of 1.28%. CEMEX's return on equity of 40.05% beat Eagle Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Materials	22.24%	40.05%	17.63%
CEMEX	1.28%	1.82%	0.79%

Which has preferable 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	4.28	$461.54M	$14.17	18.84
CEMEX	$17.42B	0.66	$182M	$0.14	57.00

Which has more risk and volatility, EXP or CX?

Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMEX has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EXP or CX?

In the previous week, CEMEX had 5 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CEMEX and 6 mentions for Eagle Materials. CEMEX's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Eagle Materials' score of 0.55 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CEMEX	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EXP or CX?

CEMEX received 103 more outperform votes than Eagle Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.15% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote while only 63.96% 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 536 63.96%	Underperform Votes 302 36.04%

Do analysts rate EXP or CX?

Eagle Materials presently has a consensus target price of $263.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.27%. CEMEX has a consensus target price of $9.53, indicating a potential upside of 19.47%. Given Eagle Materials' higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Summary

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