Cemex S.A.B. De C.V. (CX): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard
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) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V fell 13 cents (-1.4%) to $8.94 on average volume. Throughout the day, 10.8 million shares of Cemex S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 12.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $8.91-$9.10 after having opened the day at $9.08 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $9.07. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, distribution, and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and other construction materials worldwide. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $9.9 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -4.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 68.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are four analysts that rate Cemex S.A.B. de C.V a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Cemex S.A.B. de C.V as a
. Among the areas we feel are negative, one of the most important has been poor profit margins.
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On the positive front,
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