CEMENTOS PACASMAYO SAA vs CEMEX SAB DE CV, two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Two cement makers, both listed as ADRs and both running without net debt, but the resemblance stops at the numbers. Cementos Pacasmayo, the smaller at $5.1B, earns more than twice Cemex's rate on equity, 16.39% against 7.69%, and keeps a wider net margin, 10.05% to 5.93%. Cemex, at $17.8B, answers with cash and a cheaper tag. It yields 5.04% in free cash to Pacasmayo's 1.33%, trades at 18.85 times earnings, and sits at just 1.42 times book. Pacasmayo's headline multiple of 97.74 times earnings looks steep, but it comes from a depressed profit year rather than a rich growth bet.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CPAC | CX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.45 | $12.47 |
| Market cap | $4.9B | $18.0B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 93.3 | 19.2 |
| P/B | 15.15 | 1.45 |
| P/S | 9.29 | 1.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.9 | 5.6 |
| Revenue growth | +13.1% | +6.5% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 33.6% |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 5.9% |
| Return on equity | 16.4% | 7.7% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | 3.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.6% | 13.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.4% | 5.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 0.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.89 | 1.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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