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) Operating margin

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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.21%, up 3.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.23%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.56% (fiscal 2020) to 13.4% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Building Materials industry median of 14.5% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 6.23% (5.11)
FY2024 11.3% 0.78
FY2023 10.6% 3.54
FY2022 7.02% (4.36)
FY2021 11.4% 14.94
FY2020 −3.56% (11.07)
FY2019 7.51% (2.89)
FY2018 10.4% (0.74)
FY2017 11.1% (2.26)
FY2016 13.4% 2.89

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 14.8% 1.03
Jun 2026 13.7% 3.55
Mar 2026 10.2% 13.02
Dec 2025 −2.83% (13.48)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −3.56% High 13.4%
Ten-year median 10.5%
Current reading's percentile 44

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 41.2%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 22.6%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 20.3%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 18.2%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 15.6%
CRH CRH PLC compare 13.9%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 9.73%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. 9.21%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 8.12%
Building Materials industry median 14.5%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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