CX Stock Analysis: Cemex SAB de CV | NYSE
Building Materials | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 18.715m USD | 12M Return: 46.4% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 67.9M
EPS Trend: 72.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -32.0%
Qual. Beats: 0
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CEMEX (NYSE: CX) is a Mexico-based global building materials company that produces, markets, distributes, and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related urbanization solutions and construction services. Its product portfolio spans gray, white, and blended cements, a wide range of specialty ready-mix concretes, crushed stone, gravel, and manufactured sand, as well as the Vertua line of lower-carbon products and construction chemicals, mortars, and asphalt offerings. The company also provides waste management solutions for municipal, industrial, construction, and demolition streams.
Founded in 1906 and headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, CEMEX trades on the NYSE as an ADR (ticker CX) following its 1999 listing and is classified within the GICS Materials sector, Construction Materials sub-industry. The vertically integrated cement-to-concrete-to-aggregates model is characteristic of large building materials producers and typically exposes the business to infrastructure and residential/commercial construction cycles, while cement manufacturing is capital- and energy-intensive, making scale and geographic diversification key competitive levers.
- US housing and infrastructure demand drives cement volumes
- Energy and fuel costs pressure cement producer margins
- Mexico peso volatility impacts reported earnings and debt servicing
| Net Income: 485.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.04 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 1.22 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -2.90% < 20% (prev -6.01%; Δ 3.11% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 2.06b > Net Income 485.2m |
| Net Debt (8.08b) to EBITDA (2.44b): 3.32 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.92 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (43.5b) vs 12m ago 2.90k% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 32.23% > 18% (prev 31.85%; Δ 0.38% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 59.65% > 50% (prev 54.18%; Δ 5.47% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.65 > 6 (EBIT TTM 2.17b / Interest Expense TTM 467.2m) |
| A: -0.02 (Total Current Assets 5.88b - Total Current Liabilities 6.37b) / Total Assets 28.3b |
| B: 0.23 (Retained Earnings 6.47b / Total Assets 28.3b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 2.17b / Avg Total Assets 28.5b) |
| D: 0.81 (Book Value of Equity 12.5b / Total Liabilities 15.4b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.00 = BBB |
| DSRI: 0.71 (Receivables 2.07b/2.66b, Revenue 17.0b/15.6b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 31.85% / 32.23%) |
| AQI: 0.96 (AQ_t 0.37 / AQ_t-1 0.39) |
| SGI: 1.09 (Revenue 17.0b / 15.6b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 485.2m - CFO 2.06b) / TA 28.3b) |
| Beneish M = -3.24 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 12.20 with a total of 8,585,679 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.32%, over one month by +0.49%, over three months by -0.09% and over the past year by +46.35%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 11.30 (which is 7.4% or 2.2 ATR below the current price).
Cemex SAB de CV has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.87. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CX.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 14.5 | 18.6% |
P/E Trailing = 37.1515
P/E Forward = 16.1551
P/S = 1.0698
P/B = 1.3972
P/EG = 0.1074
Revenue TTM = 17.0b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.17b USD
EBITDA TTM = 2.44b USD
Long Term Debt = 4.46b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 1.45b USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 8.73b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last fiscal year) + Leases 1.08b
Net Debt = 8.08b USD (calculated: Debt 8.73b - CCE 653.7m)
Enterprise Value = 26.8b USD (18.7b + Debt 8.73b - CCE 653.7m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 4.65 (Ebit TTM 2.17b / Interest Expense TTM 467.2m)
EV/FCF = 26.53x (Enterprise Value 26.8b / FCF TTM 1.01b)
FCF Yield = 3.77% (FCF TTM 1.01b / Enterprise Value 26.8b)
FCF Margin = 5.93% (FCF TTM 1.01b / Revenue TTM 17.0b)
Net Margin = 2.85% (Net Income TTM 485.2m / Revenue TTM 17.0b)
Gross Margin = 32.23% ((Revenue TTM 17.0b - Cost of Revenue TTM 11.5b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 35.22% (prev 32.85%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.95 (Enterprise Value 26.8b / Total Assets 28.3b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.35% (Interest Expense 467.2m / Debt 8.73b)
Taxrate = 46.27% (467.0m / 1.01b)
NOPAT = 1.17b (EBIT 2.17b * (1 - 46.27%))
Current Ratio = 0.92 (Total Current Assets 5.88b / Total Current Liabilities 6.37b)
Debt / Equity = 0.70 (Debt 8.73b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 12.5b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.32 (Net Debt 8.08b / EBITDA 2.44b)
Debt / FCF = 8.00 (Net Debt 8.08b / FCF TTM 1.01b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 13.1b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 1.70% (Net Income 485.2m / Total Assets 28.3b)
RoE = 3.69% (Net Income TTM 485.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 13.1b)
RoCE = 12.34% (EBIT 2.17b / Capital Employed (Equity 13.1b + L.T.Debt 4.46b))
RoIC = 5.14% (NOPAT 1.17b / Invested Capital 22.7b)
WACC = 7.92% (E(18.7b)/V(27.4b) * Re(10.28%) + D(8.73b)/V(27.4b) * Rd(5.35%) * (1-Tc(0.46)))
Discount Rate = 10.28% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -35.46 | Cagr: -63.91%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈876.5m ; Y1≈1.00b ; Y5≈1.48b
[DCF] Fair Price = 9.83 (EV 22.3b - Net Debt 8.08b = Equity 14.2b / Shares 1.44b; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 72.63 | EPS CAGR: 22.40% | SUE: -0.36 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -32.02 | Revenue CAGR: -1.03% | SUE: 0.50 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.20 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.81 | Chg30d=+1.89% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+55.7% | GrowthRev=+9.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.90 | Chg30d=+0.89% | Revisions=+40% | GrowthEPS=+11.4% | GrowthRev=+1.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +57% (up=4, down=0)