Cemex Sab De Cv's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Cemex Sab De Cv (CX) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Cemex Sab De Cv vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 16,132M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+300.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Scale: Cemex Sab De Cv ranks #2 of 37 companies by market capitalization in the Construction Raw Materials industry, holding 14.9% of industry market cap.
- Peer revenue share: Cemex Sab De Cv accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $0.39M compares with $0.00M for the peer group (139.1x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
CX Sales vs. its Competitors, Q4 2025
Cemex Sab De Cv generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Construction Raw Materials industry grew revenue 11.9% year over year, combined, vs -0.4% for Cemex Sab De Cv. Cemex Sab De Cv's share of combined industry revenue moved from 22.28% to 19.83%, a loss of 2.45 percentage points.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | Yes | No | No | No |
| Competitors combined (1) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (6) | ||||
| Similar-Size Competitors (6) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 75.00 % (6 of 8) | 87.50 % (7 of 8) | 37.50 % (3 of 8) | 25.00 % (2 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
CX Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
CX Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
CX Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors
CX Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
Cemex Sab De Cv's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Cemex Sab De Cv
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | - | 16,132.00 |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | - | 0.57 |
| SUBTOTAL | - | 16,132.57 |
Sources: Cemex Sab De Cv's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Cemex Sab De Cv's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buzzi-Unicem SpA | Named by the company | 85% |
| Hanson | Named by the company | 85% |
| National Ready Mixed Concrete Association | Named by the company | 85% |
| U s Concrete Inc | Named by the company | 85% |
| Bouygues | Named by the company | 85% |
| CRH plc | Named by the company | 85% |
| Hope Construction Materials | Named by the company | 85% |
| Vicat | Named by the company | 85% |
| Amrize Ltd | Named by the company | 85% |
| CEMEX Colombia | Named by the company | 85% |
| Heidelberg Materials AG | Named by the company | 85% |
| Quikrete Holdings Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Vulcan Materials Company | Named by the company | 85% |
| Breedon | Named by the company | 85% |
| Dyckerhoff | Named by the company | 85% |
| Mittal Investments | Named by the company | 85% |
| Knife River Corporation | Named by the company | 85% |
| Aggregate Industries | Named by the company | 85% |
| Colas | Named by the company | 85% |
| Holcim | Named by the company | 85% |
| Tarmac | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Cemex Sab De Cv's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | Aggregates Segment 100.00 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Cemex Sab De Cv's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | - | 393,463 | 23,659 |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | - | 2,829 | 10,112 |
| PEERS TOTAL | - | 2,829 | 10,112 |
Cemex Sab De Cv's Position in Industry Market Structure
Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 35 companies in Cemex Sab De Cv's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.Cemex Sab De Cv ranks #2 of 35 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 14.89 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 1,081, indicating a unconcentrated market structure (U.S. antitrust guidance: below 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately concentrated, above 2,500 highly concentrated).
| Rank | Company | Market Cap | Industry Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crh Public Limited Company | 56,149 | 19.76 % |
| 2 | Cemex Sab De Cv | 42,304 | 14.89 % |
| 3 | Vulcan Materials Company | 32,449 | 11.42 % |
| 4 | Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 29,588 | 10.41 % |
| 5 | Teck Resources Limited | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Amrize Ltd | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 7 | Chemical and Mining Co Of Chile Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 8 | James Hardie Industries Plc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 9 | Hecla Mining Company | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 10 | Eagle Materials Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
Market cap and industry share for the rest of Cemex Sab De Cv's industry peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-09-29.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Same-Size Peers & Stock Performance
Peers chosen by closeness in market-cap rank within the same industry classification (not the named-competitor list above). Trailing 12-month total return, 3-month price momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio vs the broad U.S. market.| Rank | Company | Market Cap | TTM Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crh Public Limited Company | 56,149 | -26.14 % |
| 2 | Cemex Sab De Cv | 42,304 | 5.89 % |
| 3 | Vulcan Materials Company | 32,449 | -17.36 % |
| 4 | Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 5 | Teck Resources Limited | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 6 | Amrize Ltd | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 7 | Chemical and Mining Co Of Chile Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
Market cap, return, momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio for the rest of Cemex Sab De Cv's same-size peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation); returns and risk metrics as of 2026-09-29. Beta and Sharpe ratio are versus the broad U.S. equity market, not this industry.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Construction Raw Materials industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (45 companies). See the full Construction Raw Materials industry profitability benchmarks.| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 32.92 % | 29.19 % (avg) | +3.7 pp |
| Operating Margin | 6.23 % | industry median | -9.3 pp |
| EBITDA Margin | 2.50 % | 8.38 % (avg) | -5.9 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | 5.87 % | 12.01 % (avg) | -6.1 pp |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.| Metric | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | 12.57 % | -2.14 % | -0.42 % |
| Operating Margin | 0.60 % | 0.62 % | 6.23 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | 0.28 % | 0.28 % | 2.85 % |
| P/E | 2,954.5x | 485.6x | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Strategic Group Map
Every company in Cemex Sab De Cv's industry and named-competitor list, plotted by trailing 12-month revenue growth and operating margin. Cemex Sab De Cv is shown in red; its closest peers by combined growth, margin and ROIC (the Similar Growth & Profitability group above) are labeled.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Extreme outlier values (from near-zero-revenue companies) are excluded from the plotted cloud but never from the highlighted company or its labeled peers.
Cemex Sab De Cv's BCG Growth-Share Matrix
Relative market share (vs Cemex Sab De Cv's largest competitor by market cap) against industry revenue growth, using the standard textbook thresholds (1.0x share, 10% growth) a common framework, not a precision instrument.
Cemex Sab De Cv falls in the Dog quadrant: relative market share of 0.75x vs its largest competitor, in an industry growing revenue 5.3% (median, trailing 12 months).
Source: CSIMarket API (market-cap share and industry revenue growth). The 10% growth and 1.0x share lines are standard textbook thresholds, not derived from this industry's own distribution.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive Rivalry | High | Industry HHI of 1,081 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above) |
| Barriers to Entry | Lower than typical for the industry | Capital intensity (capex / revenue) of 5.87 % vs industry average 12.01 % (see Profitability & Cost Structure above) |
| Supplier Power | Not covered on this page | See Cemex Sab De Cv's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Buyer Power | Not covered on this page | See Cemex Sab De Cv's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Threat of Substitutes | - | No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated |
Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.
Cemex Sab De Cv falls in the Low attractiveness / Low strength cell: Harvest / Divest.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Cemex Sab De Cv's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+300.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
Weaknesses
- Operating margin 9.3 points below the industry median.
- Underperforming the U.S.A. 500 over the trailing 12 months.
Opportunities
No rule matched.
Threats
- Losing revenue share to the broader industry (-2.5 points over the past year).
Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | 0.25 | 0.83 | 0.43 |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | 0.41 | 0.73 | 7.87 |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | Q4 2025 | -0.4 % | +1.0 % |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | Q4 2023 | -52.0 % | - |
| PEERS TOTAL | -0.4 % | +1.1 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Cemex Sab De Cv's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | Q4 2025 | +1,678.0 % | -5.3 % |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | Q4 2023 | -77.5 % | -37.6 % |
Cemex Sab De Cv's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | 3.35% | 4.49% | 7.11% |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | 6.26% | 9.88% | 88.07% |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Cemex Sab De Cv's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Cemex Sab De Cv | 2,324.39 | - |
| Rocky Mountain Industrials Inc | - | - |
| PEERS AVERAGE | - | - |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.