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) Gross margin

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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 34.1%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (32.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 31.0% (fiscal 2022) to 35.5% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 26.2% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 32.9% (0.75)
FY2024 33.7% (0.01)
FY2023 33.7% 2.72
FY2022 31.0% (1.28)
FY2021 32.2% 0.07
FY2020 32.2% (0.62)
FY2019 32.8% (1.81)
FY2018 34.6% 0.28
FY2017 34.3% (1.16)
FY2016 35.5% 2.09

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 35.5% 0.25
Jun 2026 35.2% 2.37
Mar 2026 32.9% 0.24
Dec 2025 32.6% (0.97)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 31.0% High 35.5%
Ten-year median 33.4%
Current reading's percentile 74

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 47.6%
CRH CRH PLC compare 36.2%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 35.9%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. 34.1%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 27.5%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 26.7%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 25.8%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 25.0%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 17.6%
Building Materials industry median 26.2%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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