How CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. stacks up

CX · against 204 other Basic Materials companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

46/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #122 of 205 · scores higher than 41% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

11 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including CX · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 46?

Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.

Its metrics sit close to the Basic Materials norm.

Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 4.6% vs peer median 6.7%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 6.2% vs peer median 7.6%
Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.3% vs peer median 2.5%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CX	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 198 reported	4.6%	8.0%	39%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 192 reported	6.2%	11.2%	35%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 223 reported	3.3%	2.7%	54%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 213 reported	5.2%	6.5%	48%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 226 reported	33.5%	29.7%	57%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CX

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	AngloGold Ashanti plcAU · US-listed	41.2B USD	98	88
1	CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF · US-listed	17.7B USD	98	88
1	DRDGOLD LimitedDRD · US-listed	2.0B USD	98	89
1	Gold Fields LimitedGFI · US-listed	30.8B USD	98	83
1	Mako Mining Corp.MAKO · US-listed	635M USD	98	79
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117	LSB Industries, Inc.LXU · US-listed	798M USD	51	68
119	Celanese CorporationCE · US-listed	5.5B USD	48	38
119	Sylvamo CorporationSLVM · US-listed	1.3B USD	48	40
121	DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD · US-listed	20.7B USD	47	58
122	CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.CX · US-listed	15.3B USD	46	40
123	ArcelorMittal S.A.MT · US-listed	45.5B USD	45	47
124	Mativ Holdings, Inc.MATV · US-listed	616M USD	44	57
124	Ternium S.A.TX · US-listed	10.1B USD	44	46
126	Intrepid Potash, Inc.IPI · US-listed	414M USD	42	77

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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