CEMEX SAB DE CV vs EAGLE MATERIALS INC., two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CX and EXP diverge most: on debt / equity, CX reads 0.00 and EXP reads 1.22; on ev/ebitda, CX reads 5.6 and EXP reads 201.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EXP'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 | CX | EXP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.47 | $209.56 |
| Market cap | $18.0B | $6.7B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -2.0% |
| P/E | 19.2 | 15.9 |
| P/B | 1.45 | 4.55 |
| P/S | 1.11 | 2.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6 | 201.9 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | +2.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 22.2% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | — |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 18.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 28.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 11.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.22 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 3.66 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.77 | 3.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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