Cemex S.A.B. De C.V. (CX): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard

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Cemex S.A.B. de C.V ( CX) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Cemex S.A.B. de C.V fell $0.41 (-3.3%) to $12.06 on average volume. Throughout the day, 12,606,445 shares of Cemex S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13,582,400 shares. The stock ranged in price between $11.98-$12.27 after having opened the day at $12.24 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $12.47. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were: China Recycling Energy Corporation ( CREG), down 9.1%, Pure Cycle Corporation ( PCYO), down 8.0%, Real Goods Solar ( RSOL), down 7.9% and Homex Development ( HXM), down 7.1%.

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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and other construction materials in Mexico, the United States, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Cemex S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $13.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 26.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Cemex S.A.B. de C.V a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Cemex S.A.B. de C.V as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.

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On the positive front, Vertex Energy ( VTNR), up 10.0%, Ryland Group ( RYL), up 5.8%, DR Horton ( DHI), up 5.7% and Industrial Services of America ( IDSA), up 5.7% , were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with Lennar Corporation ( LEN) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.

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