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.
Where CX and OC diverge most: on revenue growth, CX reads +6.5% and OC reads -5.0%; on net margin, CX reads 5.9% and OC reads -5.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CX | OC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.82 | $138.89 |
| Market cap | $17.1B | $11.3B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +3.1% |
| P/E | 18.2 | — |
| P/B | 1.37 | 3.06 |
| P/S | 1.06 | 1.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.3 | 66.8 |
| 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 | 5.2% | 7.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.73 | 2.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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