CEMEX SAB DE CV vs Owens Corning, two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Profit divides these two this cycle. Cemex, the cement ADR, earns 7.69% on equity with a 5.93% net margin, while Owens Corning, in insulation and roofing, is posting a loss after charges, at -14.5% on equity and -5.43% on sales. The cash story runs the other way. Owens Corning yields 7.53% in free cash and pays a 2.11% dividend, ahead of Cemex's 5.04% yield and no dividend. Debt sets them apart as well: Cemex carries none while Owens Corning runs a heavy 1.5 debt-to-equity. Cemex is larger at $17.8B against $11.0B and trades at 1.42 times book to Owens Corning's 2.98 times.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CX | OC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.47 | $143.34 |
| Market cap | $18.0B | $11.6B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +21.1% |
| P/E | 19.2 | — |
| P/B | 1.45 | 3.16 |
| P/S | 1.11 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6 | 68.3 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | -5.0% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 22.5% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 5.3% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | -5.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | -14.5% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | -4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | 0.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 7.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.77 | 2.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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