CRH public limited company vs LOMA NEGRA COMPANIA INDUSTRIALARGENTINA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CRH and LOMA diverge most: on debt / equity, CRH reads 0.87 and LOMA reads 0.00; on revenue growth, CRH reads +6.6% and LOMA reads +94.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CRH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CRH | LOMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $104.68 | $11.50 |
| Market cap | $70.0B | $6.7B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.4% | — |
| P/E | 19.4 | — |
| P/B | 2.90 | 8.46 |
| P/S | 1.84 | 5.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7 | 107.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | +94.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.8% | 16.5% |
| Operating margin | -0.5% | — |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 13.5% |
| Return on equity | 15.2% | 19.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | 10.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 0.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.87 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.59 | 1.02 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.62 | 6.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 2 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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