Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.

CX Basic Materials Building Materials

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.1 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.13%
EPS
+56.6%
Free cash flow
+1,454.2%
Total debt
−4.76%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

10.74 0.19 −1.74%
Market cap
$16.2B
P/E
23.8×
Fwd P/E
11.9×
Dividend yield
1.00%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.57
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
64/100

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (CX) Free cash flow margin

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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 4.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.73%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.66% (fiscal 2022) to 13.2% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Building Materials industry median of 7.85% and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 4.73% 0.40
FY2024 4.33% (2.62)
FY2023 6.95% 4.29
FY2022 2.66% (3.43)
FY2021 6.09% (1.90)
FY2020 7.99% 3.53
FY2019 4.46% (1.30)
FY2018 5.76% (1.50)
FY2017 7.26% (5.95)
FY2016 13.2% 9.08

Against its own ten years

Low 2.66% High 13.2%
Ten-year median 5.76%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 26.0%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 12.1%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 10.0%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 9.10%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 8.59%
CRH CRH PLC compare 7.22%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 6.65%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 0.30%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. 0.00%
Building Materials industry median 7.85%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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