Erste Group Bank Has Negative View of Holcim FY2026 Earnings

Holcim Ltd Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:HCMLY) – Equities research analysts at Erste Group Bank lowered their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Holcim in a report released on Thursday, June 25th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings per share of $0.89 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.90. The consensus estimate for Holcim’s current full-year earnings is $0.90 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for Holcim’s FY2027 earnings at $1.02 EPS.

HCMLY has been the subject of several other research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating on shares of Holcim in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Holcim from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 5th. BNP Paribas Exane upgraded Holcim from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised Holcim from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 9th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded Holcim from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $16.80.

Holcim Price Performance

Shares of Holcim stock opened at $17.99 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $18.71 and its 200 day moving average is $18.60. Holcim has a 1 year low of $15.14 and a 1 year high of $28.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49.

About Holcim

Holcim is a global building materials and solutions company headquartered in Switzerland that produces and supplies cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt and a range of prefabricated and construction-related products and services. Its offerings are aimed at construction and infrastructure markets, serving contractors, developers, municipalities and industrial customers with materials for residential, commercial and civil engineering projects.

The company traces its modern form to the 2015 combination of Swiss cement maker Holcim and France’s Lafarge, which created one of the world’s largest building-materials groups; the combined enterprise later simplified its name to Holcim.