Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR (LOMA) vs United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM)

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.1B against $1.1B — 2.9× the size. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.8× against 32.2×. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.00% against −11.6%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has the higher net margin (35.7% vs 4.77%) and the higher return on invested capital (33.9% vs 4.21%). Both pay a dividend; Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR yields more (18.5% vs 0.31%). Across the 23 metrics below, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. leads on 16 and Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR on 7.

Valuation

Metric LOMA USLM Building Materials median
P/E 32.24 23.75 17.22
P/S 1.57 8.48 1.54
P/B 1.20 4.59 2.26
Price to free cash flow 18.54 34.69 30.28
EV/EBITDA 8.65 15.20 9.38
EV/Sales 1.85 7.45 1.85
Earnings yield 3.10% 4.21% 4.53%
Free cash flow yield 5.39% 2.88% 3.08%

Profitability

Metric LOMA USLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 21.46% 48.51% 27.27%
Operating margin 10.68% 42.11% 13.85%
Net margin 4.77% 35.66% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 8.48% 24.44% 8.06%
Return on equity 3.79% 21.35% 9.62%
Return on assets 2.19% 19.84% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 4.21% 33.85% 6.03%

Growth

Metric LOMA USLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) (11.60%) 7.00% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (88.28%) 23.22% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.80% 18.32% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (34.89%) 36.61% 7.04%

Health

Metric LOMA USLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.00 0.51
Current ratio 2.25 27.54 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 1.48 (2.03) 1.48

Dividend

Metric LOMA USLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield 18.46% 0.31% 0.74%
Payout ratio 0.51 0.07 0.08

Size

Metric LOMA USLM Building Materials median
Market cap 1.09b 3.14b 2.76b

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