Amrize Ltd vs CEMENTOS PACASMAYO SAA, two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Both make cement, but they sit on different continents and different balance sheets. Amrize, freshly cut loose from Holcim, sells building materials across North America and carries $31.0B of market value against modest debt at 0.44 debt-to-equity. Cementos Pacasmayo pours cement in Peru, worth $5.1B and running no net debt at all. Pacasmayo turns 16.39% on equity to Amrize's 8.83%, and keeps a fatter net margin, 10.05% against 9.7%. The price tags tell a stranger story. Pacasmayo trades at 97.74 times earnings, a number that reflects a squeezed profit year rather than fast growth, while Amrize sits at 26.79 times. Amrize converts more cash, 4.26% free-cash yield against 1.33%.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | AMRZ | CPAC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $50.80 | $11.45 |
| Market cap | $28.1B | $4.9B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 24.3 | 93.3 |
| P/B | 2.15 | 15.15 |
| P/S | 2.36 | 9.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8 | 34.9 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +13.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 36.8% |
| Operating margin | -3.5% | 19.8% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 8.8% | 16.4% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | 21.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.44 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.40 | 1.30 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.09 | 6.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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