CX vs. EXP, FIX, ACM, FND, TOL, TREX, BLD, WMS, KBR, and MTZ
Should you be buying CEMEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CEMEX include Eagle Materials (EXP), Comfort Systems USA (FIX), AECOM (ACM), Floor & Decor (FND), Toll Brothers (TOL), Trex (TREX), TopBuild (BLD), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), KBR (KBR), and MasTec (MTZ). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) and CEMEX (NYSE:CX) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
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 63.81% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote.
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.
Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CEMEX has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Eagle Materials presently has a consensus price target of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.81%. CEMEX has a consensus price target of $9.46, suggesting a potential upside of 21.40%. Given Eagle Materials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.
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.
In the previous week, CEMEX had 1 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CEMEX and 9 mentions for Eagle Materials. CEMEX's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Eagle Materials' score of 0.43 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Eagle Materials beats CEMEX on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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