Amrize Ltd vs CEMEX SAB DE CV, two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Size favors Amrize here, $31.0B against Cemex's $17.8B, though the gap in quality is thinner than the gap in price. Amrize earns 8.83% on equity and Cemex 7.69%, close enough that neither looks like the obvious operator. Where they split is cash and cost. Cemex carries no net debt and throws off a 5.04% free-cash yield, better than Amrize's 4.26%, yet the market values Cemex at 1.42 times book against Amrize's 2.37 times. Amrize keeps the wider net margin, 9.7% to 5.93%, and trades richer at 26.79 times earnings versus 18.85 times. Amrize is priced as a growth story while Cemex is priced as a discount.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | AMRZ | CX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $50.80 | $12.47 |
| Market cap | $28.1B | $18.0B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 24.3 | 19.2 |
| P/B | 2.15 | 1.45 |
| P/S | 2.36 | 1.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8 | 5.6 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +6.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 33.6% |
| Operating margin | -3.5% | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 5.9% |
| Return on equity | 8.8% | 7.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.8% | 13.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 5.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.44 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.40 | 0.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.09 | 1.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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