CEMEX SAB DE CV vs TECNOGLASS INC., two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CX and TGLS diverge most: on debt / equity, CX reads 0.00 and TGLS reads 0.28; on fcf yield, CX reads 4.8% and TGLS reads 0.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TGLS'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 | TGLS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.98 | $46.43 |
| Market cap | $18.8B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +1.7% |
| P/E | 19.9 | 14.4 |
| P/B | 1.51 | 2.82 |
| P/S | 1.16 | 2.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.8 | 9.7 |
| Revenue growth | +6.5% | +10.0% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 38.5% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 14.8% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 20.3% |
| Return on assets | 3.5% | 11.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | 16.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.8% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.28 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.80 | 3.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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