Building Materials: CRH plc owns the largest revenue base; James Hardie Industries plc has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Building Materials moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 2% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies fell 5% on average over the last four reported quarters.
TURNING · ahead 1w~Moving with the index3 of 14 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months
Building Materials, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyNarrowHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together3 of 14 stocks moving
Fresh2 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +12 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large0/30
Mid1/50
Small2/60
Participation is not spreading downward this month; the larger companies are still carrying most of it.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 14 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Building Materials outperforming S&P 500?
Building Materials has underperformed S&P 500 by 2.4% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a shortfall of 0.6%. 4 of 14 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Suncrete, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +26.2%.
-0.6%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
-2.4%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
4/14Stocks leading S&P 500
5/14Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Building Materials has underperformed S&P 500 by 2.4% over 52 weeks and 0.6% over 13 weeks. 4 of 14 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 5 of 14 beat the sector itself. CRH plc leads with revenue of $38,061 million, based on 10 of 14 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Is the Building Materials sector outperforming S&P 500?
Building Materials has underperformed S&P 500 by 2.4% over 52 weeks and 0.6% over 13 weeks. 4 of 14 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 5 of 14 beat the sector itself.
Which Building Materials company is largest by revenue?
CRH plc leads with revenue of $38,061 million, based on 10 of 14 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Building Materials company is growing fastest?
James Hardie Industries plc has the fastest current revenue growth at 24.7%, across 10 of 14 comparable companies.
Which Building Materials company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. ranks first at 64/100 with 52.7% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Building Materials company reports the most CAPEX?
CRH plc reports the largest latest CAPEX at $601 million, with 13 of 14 companies comparable.
Which Building Materials company has the least gross debt?
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million. CRH plc has the highest at $19,862 million.
Which Building Materials company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.65, among 10 of 14 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Building Materials comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
14
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$224.9B
CRH plc
Revenue growing
10/10
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
4/14
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 52.7% evidence confidence.
Tecnoglass Inc. looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Titan America SA has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
17.1/35Growth & earnings
Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change —
2% evidence
11.1/25Capital efficiency
ROCE — · debt/equity —
11% evidence
9.7/20Valuation
P/E 28.3× · PEG —
15% evidence
15.3/20Relative strength
RS sector 26.2% · RS bench 25.9% · 1Y 61.6%
100% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
CRH plc has the highest Revenue among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at $38,061 million. Amrize AG is next at $11,912 million. James Hardie Industries plc has the highest Revenue growth at 24.7%, so level and change sit with different companies. 10 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: CRH plc is the scale leader at $38,061 million, 219.5% ahead of Amrize AG. James Hardie Industries plc's growth is 24.7% from a $4,836 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderCRH plc · $38,061 million
Gap219.5% versus #2 · Amrize AG
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage10/14 companies · 226 observations
Investor read: CRH plc is the scale benchmark; James Hardie Industries plc is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: CRH plc's growth falls below James Hardie Industries plc's for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1CRH plc CRH$38.1B
2Amrize AG AMRZ$11.9B
3Vulcan Materials Company VMC$8.1B
4James Hardie Industries plc JHX$4.8B
5Knife River Corporation KNF$3.2B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1James Hardie Industries plc JHX25%
2United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM9.8%
3Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS9.8%
4Knife River Corporation KNF9.6%
5Vulcan Materials Company VMC7.4%
Revenue · company comparison
10/14 level · 10/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
James Hardie Industries plc has the highest OPM among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at 58.6%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is next at 40.7%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has the highest Margin change at +5.9 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. Its OPM series carries 19 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: James Hardie Industries plc leads opm at 58.6%; Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. leads margin change at +5.9 percentage points.
LeaderJames Hardie Industries plc · 58.6%
Gap44% versus #2 · United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.
Persistence2/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/14 companies · 224 observations
Investor read: James Hardie Industries plc sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1James Hardie Industries plc JHX59%
2United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM41%
3Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC25%
4Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS18%
5Eagle Materials Inc. EXP18%
Margin changefastest expanders
1Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC+5.9 pp
2CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. CX+3.4 pp
3Knife River Corporation KNF+2.4 pp
4Vulcan Materials Company VMC+1.2 pp
5Eagle Materials Inc. EXP−0.7 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
13/14 level · 13/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 13 companies with a series here. The remaining 1 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
CRH plc has the highest Net profit among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at $3,851 million. James Hardie Industries plc is next at $2,704 million. James Hardie Industries plc has the highest Profit growth at 34.5%, so level and change sit with different companies. 11 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: CRH plc leads with $3,851 million of TTM profit, 42.4% above James Hardie Industries plc. James Hardie Industries plc shows 34.5% growth from a $2,704 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderCRH plc · $3,851 million
Gap42.4% versus #2 · James Hardie Industries plc
Persistence6/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage11/14 companies · 229 observations
Investor read: CRH plc sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1CRH plc CRH$3.9B
2James Hardie Industries plc JHX$2.7B
3Amrize AG AMRZ$1.2B
4Vulcan Materials Company VMC$1.1B
5Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM$1.0B
Profit growthfastest growers
1James Hardie Industries plc JHX35%
2Vulcan Materials Company VMC18%
3Smith-Midland Corporation SMID11%
4United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM10%
5Titan America SA TTAM8.8%
Net profit · company comparison
11/14 level · 8/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 14 companies with a series here. The remaining 2 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
CRH plc has the highest CAPEX among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at $601 million. Amrize AG is next at $272 million. Eagle Materials Inc. has the highest CAPEX intensity at 25.5%, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: CRH plc reports $601 million of CAPEX; Eagle Materials Inc. has the highest covered intensity at 25.5%. Coverage is only 13 of 14 companies and 211 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderCRH plc · $601 million
Gap121% versus #2 · Amrize AG
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/14 companies · 211 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1CRH plc CRH$601M
2Amrize AG AMRZ$272M
3Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM$186M
4Vulcan Materials Company VMC$177M
5Eagle Materials Inc. EXP$122M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Eagle Materials Inc. EXP26%
2United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM21%
3Knife River Corporation KNF19%
4Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM14%
5Amrize AG AMRZ13%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
13/14 level · 13/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. has the lowest Gross debt among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at $0 million. The same company also holds the lowest Net debt, at $654 million net cash. 13 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026. Its Gross debt series carries 20 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $654 million net cash and gross debt of $0 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderCEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. · $0 million
Gapnull versus #2 · Knife River Corporation
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/14 companies · 231 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. CX$0M
2Knife River Corporation KNF$0M
3Smith-Midland Corporation SMID$4M
4United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM$4M
5Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS$200M
Net debtlowest net debt
1CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. CX$-654M
2United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM$-379M
3Knife River Corporation KNF$-75M
4Smith-Midland Corporation SMID$-9M
5Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS$106M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
13/14 level · 13/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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James Hardie Industries plc has the highest ROCE among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at 9.7%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is next at 5.8%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has the highest ROCE change at +2.2 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: James Hardie Industries plc leads ROCE at 9.7%, 3.9 percentage points above Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has the strongest latest improvement at +2.2 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderJames Hardie Industries plc · 9.7%
Gap67.2% versus #2 · Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/14 companies · 231 observations
Investor read: James Hardie Industries plc sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1James Hardie Industries plc JHX9.7%
2Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC5.8%
3United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM5.7%
4Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS5.1%
5Titan America SA TTAM3.1%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC+2.2 pp
2CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. CX+1.0 pp
3Knife River Corporation KNF+0.5 pp
4Vulcan Materials Company VMC+0.1 pp
5CRH plc CRH−0.1 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
13/14 level · 13/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 13 companies with a series here. The remaining 1 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at 0.65×. Tecnoglass Inc. is next at 0.86×. Tecnoglass Inc. has the lowest P/E at 13.8×, so level and change sit with different companies. 10 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.65×, 24.4% below Tecnoglass Inc.. Only 10 of 14 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderMartin Marietta Materials, Inc. · 0.65×
Gap24.4% versus #2 · Tecnoglass Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage10/14 companies · 49 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM0.7
2Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS0.9
3Vulcan Materials Company VMC1.7
4Smith-Midland Corporation SMID2.2
5Titan America SA TTAM2.2
P/Elowest P/E
1Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS13.8
2Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM14.0
3Eagle Materials Inc. EXP14.4
4Titan America SA TTAM14.8
5Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC16.3
Valuation · company comparison
10/14 level · 14/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 14 Building Materials companies compared here, at 7.82×. Titan America SA is next at 7.88×. James Hardie Industries plc has the lowest P/BV at 1.71×, so level and change sit with different companies. 13 of 14 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. leads ev/ebitda at 7.82×; James Hardie Industries plc leads p/bv at 1.71×.
LeaderCementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. · 7.82×
Gap0.8% versus #2 · Titan America SA
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage13/14 companies · 213 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC7.8
2Titan America SA TTAM7.9
3Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS8.1
4Knife River Corporation KNF9.3
5Smith-Midland Corporation SMID9.4
P/BVlowest P/BV
1James Hardie Industries plc JHX1.7
2Amrize AG AMRZ2.4
3Titan America SA TTAM2.6
4Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS2.7
5Knife River Corporation KNF3.0
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
13/14 level · 13/14 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has the strongest one-year price move in Building Materials at +90.4%. Suncrete, Inc. leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +25.9%. 4 of 14 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Building Materials comparison names 4 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 14 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 14 companies in the canonical Building Materials membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 14 Building Materials companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
These 18 answers restate the Building Materials comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 14 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Building Materials company is the biggest?
CRH plc is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $38,061 million, ahead of Amrize AG at $11,912 million. That covers 10 of 14 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Building Materials company is growing fastest?
James Hardie Industries plc has the fastest revenue growth at 24.7% year on year, across 10 of 14 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Building Materials company has the best profit margins?
James Hardie Industries plc has the highest operating margin at 58.6%, from 13 of 14 comparable companies. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +5.9 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Building Materials company makes the most profit?
CRH plc earns the most, at $3,851 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 11 of 14 comparable companies. James Hardie Industries plc has the fastest profit growth at 34.5%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Building Materials company earns the highest return on capital?
James Hardie Industries plc leads on return on capital employed at 9.7%, across 13 of 14 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Building Materials stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. screens cheapest at 0.65×. Only 10 of 14 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Building Materials company has the strongest balance sheet?
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million, from 13 of 14 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Building Materials company is investing most in new capacity?
CRH plc reports the largest capital spending at $601 million, across 13 of 14 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Building Materials sector beating the market?
Building Materials has underperformed S&P 500 by 2.4% over the last 52 weeks and 0.6% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 4 of 14 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Building Materials stock has the strongest price momentum?
Suncrete, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Building Materials company scores highest for research priority?
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. scores 64 out of 100 with 52.7% evidence confidence, from 23.8 points on growth and earnings, 13.3 on capital efficiency, 10.6 on valuation and 16.3 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Building Materials companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 14 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 5 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Building Materials sector?
The 14 Building Materials companies on this page carry $224,865 million of combined market value. CRH plc is the largest at $69,092 million, about 31% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Building Materials sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 14 Building Materials companies on this page is 26.8×, measured on the 14 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Building Materials sector performing?
4 of the 14 covered Building Materials companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 2.4% behind S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Building Materials stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 14 listed Building Materials companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.