Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (CX) vs Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (MLM)

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. and Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $34.1B against $14.5B — 2.4× the size. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.9× against 27.7×. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.4% against 10.1%. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. has the higher net margin (36.7% vs 2.83%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.96% vs 4.82%). Across the 22 metrics below, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. leads on 13 and Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CX MLM Building Materials median
P/E 27.74 11.88 17.22
P/S 0.83 4.35 1.54
P/B 1.10 2.52 2.26
Price to free cash flow 16.23 35.93 30.28
EV/EBITDA 16.03 16.91 9.38
EV/Sales 1.29 5.22 1.85
Earnings yield 3.60% 8.42% 4.53%
Free cash flow yield 6.16% 2.78% 3.08%

Profitability

Metric CX MLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 33.61% 28.15% 27.27%
Operating margin 8.07% 20.62% 13.85%
Net margin 2.83% 36.74% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 12.11% 8.06%
Return on equity 3.64% 23.50% 9.62%
Return on assets 1.69% 12.48% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 4.82% 4.96% 6.03%

Growth

Metric CX MLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.13% 23.44% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.56% (42.09%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.71% 5.39% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 9.54% 7.04%

Health

Metric CX MLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.44 0.52 0.51
Current ratio 0.92 1.41 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 2.78 2.53 1.48

Dividend

Metric CX MLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield — 0.54% 0.74%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.17 0.08

Size

Metric CX MLM Building Materials median
Market cap 14.47b 34.10b 2.76b

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