Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, Mexican cement giant Cemex (NYSE: CX ) has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Cemex's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Cemex facts
| Headquarters (Founded) | Garza Garcia, Mexico (1906) |
| Market Cap | $5.63 billion |
| Industry | Construction materials |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $13.0 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Lorenzo Zambrano CFO Fernando Gonzalez |
| Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) | (5.8%) |
| Cash/Debt | $733 million / $17.2 billion |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 4,056 members who have rated Cemex believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
This past fall, one of those bulls, mwlove, summed up the Cemex bull case for our community:
Looks like everyone is kicking [Cemex] while it's down, perhaps for good reason. I look around Latin America and all I see are houses made of concrete blocks. Sometime down the road, construction will pick up elsewhere. Cemex seems to have a plan to meet its debt obligations. If they don't go bankrupt, the stock should be back over $10 in a few years. I'll take a shot with a minimal position.
But before you run out and start gobbling up shares, there might be some industry peers that are better-suited to your indi! vidual i nvesting profile.
Eagle Materials (NYSE: EXP ) , for example, has a much lower debt-to-equity ratio than Cemex, so it might be a better choice for more risk-averse investors looking to minimize their downside. Meanwhile, Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM ) offers a 2%-plus dividend yield, making it a particularly good pick for income seekers. And over the past year, Vulcan Materials (NYSE: VMC ) shares have held up much better than the badly beaten Cemex, giving those who want to stay away from "falling knives" a much better option. However, when you consider that Cemex sports a much lower price-to-book and price-to-sales multiple than each of its peers mentioned above, the stock seems nicely suited for contrarian bargain hunters looking to buy into the space.
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