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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. (CX) vs Vulcan Materials Company (VMC)

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. and Vulcan Materials Company are both Building Materials companies. Vulcan Materials Company is the larger, with a market value of $36.6B against $16.2B — 2.3× the size. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. trades at the lower P/E: 23.8× against 33.5×. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against 1.61%. Vulcan Materials Company has the higher net margin (13.8% vs 3.60%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.04% vs 5.73%). Both pay a dividend; Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. yields more (1.00% vs 0.72%). Across the 23 metrics below, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. leads on 12 and Vulcan Materials Company on 11.

Valuation

Metric CX VMC Building Materials median
P/E 23.77 33.53 18.55
P/S 0.90 4.59 1.63
P/B 1.19 4.36 2.40
Price to free cash flow 17.94 45.84 32.17
EV/EBITDA 14.23 17.51 10.02
EV/Sales 1.31 5.11 2.00
Earnings yield 4.21% 2.98% 4.74%
Free cash flow yield 5.58% 2.18% 2.78%

Profitability

Metric CX VMC Building Materials median
Gross margin 34.11% 27.48% 26.23%
Operating margin 9.21% 20.28% 14.50%
Net margin 3.60% 13.77% 9.60%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 10.01% 7.85%
Return on equity 4.62% 12.84% 8.83%
Return on assets 2.20% 6.55% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 5.73% 8.04% 6.51%

Growth

Metric CX VMC Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.99% 1.61% 5.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.56% 18.39% 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.71% 10.33% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 13.00% 7.04%

Health

Metric CX VMC Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.37 0.52 0.52
Current ratio 0.95 1.43 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 2.78 1.76 1.62

Dividend

Metric CX VMC Building Materials median
Dividend yield 1.00% 0.72% 0.86%
Payout ratio 0.24 0.24 0.19

Size

Metric CX VMC Building Materials median
Market cap 16.19b 36.64b 3.53b

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