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 ev/ebitda, CX reads 6.0 and EXP reads 40.2; on revenue growth, CX reads +6.5% and EXP reads +1.6%. 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 | $9.56 | $164.76 |
| Market cap | $13.8B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 14.7 | 13.0 |
| P/B | 1.11 | 3.44 |
| P/S | 0.85 | 2.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.0 | 40.2 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | +1.6% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 24.8% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | — |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 27.1% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 10.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | 3.0% |
| FCF yield | 6.5% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.44 | 1.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 3.23 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.60 | 2.60 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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