Reviewing Amrize (AMRZ) and The Competition

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 businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Amrize has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize’s peers have a beta of 0.89, indicating that their average stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Amrize and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$11.81 billion	$1.19 billion	20.59
Amrize Competitors	$6.78 billion	$651.37 million	26.94

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	2	6	9	1	2.50
Amrize Competitors	407	2068	2844	86	2.48

Amrize presently has a consensus target price of $59.87, suggesting a potential upside of 33.99%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 425.10%. Given Amrize’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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	4.49%	7.93%	4.94%

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 179.7% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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

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.