Short Interest in Amrize Ltd (NYSE:AMRZ) Drops By 21.7%

Amrize Ltd (NYSE:AMRZ) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,288,992 shares, a decline of 21.7% from the February 26th total of 8,035,260 shares. Currently, 1.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 3,774,537 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on AMRZ. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Amrize from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 1st. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Amrize from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Berenberg Bank set a $70.00 price objective on Amrize in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $70.00 price objective on shares of Amrize in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Amrize from $59.00 to $66.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $64.14.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Ian A. Johnston bought 4,250 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $58.94 per share, with a total value of $250,495.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 25,110 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,479,983.40. This trade represents a 20.37% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jan Philipp Jenisch bought 60,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $58.05 per share, for a total transaction of $3,483,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 1,703,582 shares in the company, valued at $98,892,935.10. This represents a 3.65% increase in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have purchased 77,834 shares of company stock valued at $4,511,344. Corporate insiders own 0.54% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amrize

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Amrize during the 4th quarter worth $929,333,000. Dodge & Cox bought a new stake in Amrize in the second quarter worth about $622,085,000. Harris Associates L P bought a new stake in Amrize in the fourth quarter worth about $615,406,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Amrize by 41.0% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 30,094,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,468,460,000 after acquiring an additional 8,743,543 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in Amrize by 48.8% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 11,622,024 shares of the company’s stock valued at $561,018,000 after acquiring an additional 3,809,133 shares during the last quarter.

Amrize Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE AMRZ traded down $0.01 during trading on Monday, hitting $53.79. The stock had a trading volume of 1,580,930 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,434,692. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $57.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $53.83. The company has a market capitalization of $29.75 billion and a PE ratio of 21.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.64 and a quick ratio of 1.10. Amrize has a 12 month low of $44.12 and a 12 month high of $65.94.

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.95 billion. Amrize’s quarterly revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Amrize Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 27th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 24th.

Amrize Company Profile

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.