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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (CX) vs James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX)

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. and James Hardie Industries PLC. are both Building Materials companies. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. and James Hardie Industries PLC. are of similar size ($15.2B and $15.0B). Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. trades at the lower P/E: 29.3× against 103×. James Hardie Industries PLC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.9% against 10.1%. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs 2.69%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.82% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. leads on 16 and James Hardie Industries PLC. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CX JHX Building Materials median
P/E 29.29 103.28 17.42
P/S 0.88 2.77 1.63
P/B 1.17 2.29 2.18
Price to free cash flow 17.13 32.25 28.70
EV/EBITDA 16.60 16.62 9.23
EV/Sales 1.34 3.48 1.90
Earnings yield 3.41% 0.97% 4.89%
Free cash flow yield 5.84% 3.10% 3.13%

Profitability

Metric CX JHX Building Materials median
Gross margin 33.61% 35.88% 27.27%
Operating margin 8.07% 9.73% 13.85%
Net margin 2.83% 2.69% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 8.59% 8.06%
Return on equity 3.64% 3.31% 9.62%
Return on assets 1.69% 1.44% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 4.82% 3.17% 6.03%

Growth

Metric CX JHX Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.13% 42.93% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.56% (80.61%) (0.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.71% 10.70% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (16.92%) 7.04%

Health

Metric CX JHX Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.67 0.51
Current ratio 0.92 1.59 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 2.78 4.35 1.48

Dividend

Metric CX JHX Building Materials median
Dividend yield 1.05% — 0.93%
Payout ratio 0.32 — 0.19

Size

Metric CX JHX Building Materials median
Market cap 15.21b 15.04b 2.68b

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