Reviewing Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) & Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC)

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (NYSE:CPAC) are both materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Vulcan Materials and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A., as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vulcan Materials	1	9	12	0	2.50
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	0	3	1	0	2.25

Vulcan Materials currently has a consensus target price of $311.94, suggesting a potential upside of 7.89%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. has a consensus target price of $12.98, suggesting a potential upside of 1.84%. Given Vulcan Materials’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A..

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vulcan Materials and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vulcan Materials	$8.01 billion	4.63	$1.08 billion	$8.45	34.22
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	$2.34 billion	0.46	$43.27 million	$0.89	14.32

Vulcan Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Vulcan Materials pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vulcan Materials has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. shares are owned by company 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.

Profitability

This table compares Vulcan Materials and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vulcan Materials	13.77%	13.03%	6.65%
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.	11.22%	20.10%	8.31%

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vulcan Materials

Vulcan Materials Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies construction aggregates primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The company provides crushed stones, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates; and related products and services that are applied in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities. It also offers asphalt mix and asphalt construction paving services; ready-mixed concrete; and calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

About Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A., a cement company, produces, distributes, and sells cement and cement-related materials in Peru. It operates through three segments: Cement, Concrete, Mortar and Precast; Quicklime; and Sales of Construction Supplies. The company’s cement and concrete products are used in residential and commercial construction, and civil engineering; ready-mix concrete used in construction sites; concrete precast, such as paving units or paver stones for pedestrian walkways, as well as other bricks for partition walls and concrete precast for structural and non-structural uses; and cement-based products. It also produces and distributes quicklime for use in steel, food, fishing, and chemical industries. In addition, the company sells and distributes other construction materials manufactured by third parties, such as steel rebar, plastic pipes, and electrical wires. It offers its products directly to other retailers, private construction companies, and government entities through a network of independent retailers and hardware stores. The company was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Lima, Peru. Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is a subsidiary of Inversiones ASPI S.A.