Eagle Materials (EXP) Competitors

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

Is EXP or CX 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
Eagle Materials	22.24%	40.05%	17.63%
CEMEX	1.28%	1.82%	0.79%

Do analysts recommend EXP or CX?

Eagle Materials presently has a consensus target price of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.35%. CEMEX has a consensus target price of $9.53, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given CEMEX's higher probable 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

Do insiders and institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and 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	4.11	$461.54M	$14.17	18.07
CEMEX	$17.42B	0.65	$182M	$0.14	55.86

Does the media refer more to EXP or CX?

In the previous week, CEMEX had 21 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for CEMEX and 4 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat CEMEX's score of 0.37 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CEMEX	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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%

Which has more risk and volatility, EXP or CX?

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.

Summary

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