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.
CEMEX (NYSE:CX) and Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
CEMEX has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eagle Materials had 1 more articles in the media than CEMEX. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eagle Materials and 9 mentions for CEMEX. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat CEMEX's score of 0.37 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
83.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of CEMEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Eagle Materials 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.
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.
CEMEX presently has a consensus price target of $9.46, suggesting a potential upside of 21.48%. Eagle Materials has a consensus price target of $263.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.81%. Given CEMEX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CEMEX is more favorable than Eagle Materials.
Summary
Eagle Materials beats CEMEX on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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