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 -7.5%; on net margin, CX reads 5.9% and OC reads -6.8%. 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 | $9.56 | $114.16 |
| Market cap | $13.8B | $9.2B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -2.7% |
| P/E | 14.7 | — |
| P/B | 1.11 | 2.41 |
| P/S | 0.85 | 0.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.0 | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | -7.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 28.8% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 17.5% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | -6.8% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | -17.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | -5.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | 0.4% |
| FCF yield | 6.5% | 9.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.44 | 1.34 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.16 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.60 | 2.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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