CEMEX (CX) Competitors

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

Is CX or EXP more profitable?

Eagle Materials has a net margin of 22.24% compared to CEMEX's net margin of 1.28%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 40.05% beat CEMEX's return on equity.

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

Do analysts recommend CX or EXP?

CEMEX presently has a consensus price target of $9.53, suggesting a potential upside of 22.38%. Eagle Materials has a consensus price target of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.38%. Given CEMEX's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CEMEX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Eagle Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the media prefer CX or EXP?

In the previous week, CEMEX had 21 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for CEMEX and 6 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat CEMEX's score of 0.30 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CEMEX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Eagle Materials	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, CX or EXP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CEMEX	$17.42B	0.65	$182M	$0.14	55.93
Eagle Materials	$2.15B	4.01	$461.54M	$14.17	17.64

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CX or EXP?

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
CEMEX	Outperform Votes 536 63.96%	Underperform Votes 302 36.04%
Eagle Materials	Outperform Votes 433 64.15%	Underperform Votes 242 35.85%

Which has more risk and volatility, CX or EXP?

CEMEX has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CX or EXP?

83.0% of CEMEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Eagle Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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