Financial Analysis: Amrize (AMRZ) and Its Competitors

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) is one of 74 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction Materials” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Amrize to similar companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amrize and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$11.81 billion	$1.19 billion	20.59
Amrize Competitors	$6.82 billion	$651.37 million	27.23

Amrize has higher revenue and earnings than its peers. Amrize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Amrize pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Amrize pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies pay a dividend yield of 180.1% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Amrize and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amrize	9.89%	10.22%	5.48%
Amrize Competitors	4.55%	7.96%	4.97%

Risk and Volatility

Amrize has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize’s peers have a beta of 0.93, indicating that their average share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Amrize and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	2	6	9	1	2.50
Amrize Competitors	407	2067	2844	86	2.48

Amrize currently has a consensus price target of $59.87, suggesting a potential upside of 34.00%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 421.91%. Given Amrize’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Amrize shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amrize beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Amrize

Amrize AG focuses on building materials business in North America. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Zug, Switzerland. Amrize AG operates independently of Holcim AG as of June 23, 2025.