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) Return on assets

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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.20%, down 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.41%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.17% (fiscal 2020) to 3.41% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Building Materials industry median of 5.93% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.41% 0.04
FY2024 3.37% 2.71
FY2023 0.66% (2.57)
FY2022 3.23% 0.44
FY2021 2.79% 7.96
FY2020 −5.17% (5.66)
FY2019 0.49% (1.29)
FY2018 1.78% (0.81)
FY2017 2.59% 0.32
FY2016 2.27% 2.06

Against its own ten years

Low −5.17% High 3.41%
Ten-year median 2.27%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 18.4%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 10.2%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 8.25%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 6.55%
CRH CRH PLC compare 5.93%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 5.10%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 3.37%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. 2.20%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 1.44%
Building Materials industry median 5.93%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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