Crane NXT (CXT) Competitors

CEMEX (NYSE:CX) and Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is CX or CXT a better dividend stock?

CEMEX pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Crane NXT pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CEMEX pays out 9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crane NXT pays out 20.1% 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.

Do analysts rate CX or CXT?

CEMEX presently has a consensus target price of $7.82, indicating a potential upside of 19.61%. Crane NXT has a consensus target price of $83.33, indicating a potential upside of 43.31%. Given Crane NXT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crane NXT is more favorable than CEMEX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEMEX	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Crane NXT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CX or CXT?

CEMEX received 535 more outperform votes than Crane NXT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave Crane NXT an outperform vote while only 63.86% of users gave CEMEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CEMEX	Outperform Votes 546 63.86%	Underperform Votes 309 36.14%
Crane NXT	Outperform Votes 11 73.33%	Underperform Votes 4 26.67%

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

83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Crane NXT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CX or CXT more profitable?

Crane NXT has a net margin of 12.38% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 5.70%. Crane NXT's return on equity of 24.08% beat CEMEX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CEMEX	5.70%	7.78%	3.41%
Crane NXT	12.38%	24.08%	10.61%

Which has more volatility & risk, CX or CXT?

CEMEX has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CX or CXT?

In the previous week, Crane NXT had 19 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Crane NXT and 6 mentions for CEMEX. CEMEX's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Crane NXT's score of 0.25 indicating that CEMEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEMEX	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crane NXT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CX or CXT?

CEMEX has higher revenue and earnings than Crane NXT. CEMEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane NXT, 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
CEMEX	$16.20B	0.58	$938.81M	$0.63	10.37
Crane NXT	$1.49B	2.24	$184.10M	$3.19	18.23

Summary

Crane NXT beats CEMEX on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.