CEMEX SAB DE CV 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 CX and LOMA diverge most: on ev/ebitda, CX reads 5.6 and LOMA reads 107.0; on revenue growth, CX reads +6.5% and LOMA reads +94.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CX | LOMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.47 | $11.50 |
| Market cap | $18.0B | $6.7B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 19.2 | — |
| P/B | 1.45 | 8.46 |
| P/S | 1.11 | 5.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6 | 107.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | +94.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 16.5% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | — |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 13.5% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 19.4% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 10.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.02 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.77 | 6.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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