CPAC vs EXP vs CMC Stock Comparison

Cementos Pacasmayo Saa, Eagle Materials and Commercial Metals Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EXP Eagle Materials Inc
$173.97 -2.6% 1M -25.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.42B
P/E
13.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.32B
Div. yield
0.01%
Cement Basic Materials
3 wins
CMC COMMERCIAL METALS Co
$62.44 -5.0% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.04B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.39B
Div. yield
0.01%
Steel Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Commercial Metals leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Commercial Metals 7, Eagle Materials 3, Cementos Pacasmayo Saa 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCPACEXPCMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.09B $5.42B $7.04B CMC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.1x 13.5x 10.7x CMC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.0x 14.2x 9.6x CMC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +1.7% +20.5% CMC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 17.3% 7.0% EXP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.9% -79.6% EXP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.2x -0.4x CMC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% CMC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +71.9% -25.4% +2.2% CPAC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.3%/yr +4.7%/yr +14.8%/yr CPAC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.0% 34.5% 35.6% EXP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 51/100 55/100 CMC

Percentile Scorecard

CPACEXPCMC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCPACEXPCMC
Valuation 33 #7 of 10 22 #8 of 10 76 #39 of 162
Growth – – 55 #67 of 147
Profitability – 100 #1 of 8 51 #60 of 122
Financial Health 0 #9 of 9 25 #7 of 9 18 #136 of 165
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 8 57 #4 of 8 73 #30 of 107
Overall 44 51 55
  • CPAC ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • EXP ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • CMC ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCPACEXPCMCSPY
1 month +4.7%-2.6%-5.0% -0.8%
3 months +6.2%-19.8%-8.3% +3.5%
6 months +18.7%-17.1%-10.2% +7.0%
Year to date +22.6%-15.8%-9.8% +12.2%
1 year +71.9%-25.4%+2.2% +13.0%
3 years +158.5%+17.7%+49.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +37.3%+5.6%+14.3% +23.1%
5 years +104.0%+26.1%+99.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +15.3%+4.7%+14.8% +11.0%
10 years +33.0%+117.5%+279.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.9%+8.1%+14.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCPACEXPCMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.0%34.5%35.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.4%32.8%35.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.041.091.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.36-0.730.06 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.7%-48.2%-38.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-27.6%-25.0% -1.8%
52-week high $12.77$240.24$83.21 $779.14
52-week low $6.38$163.37$56.52 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCPACEXPCMC
P/E now vs peer median 25.1xmedian 19.6x 13.4xmedian 19.6x 10.6xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.8x 2.3xmedian 1.8x 0.7xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.3x 9.8xmedian 9.3x -1.5xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.9xmedian 31.4x 31.4xmedian 31.4x 14.4xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.3x 3.6xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.78 -10.95median 2.78 -1.55median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCPACEXPCMC
Revenue – $2.32B $9.39B
Gross profit – $628.19M $1.75B
Operating income – $539.59M -$6.93B
Net income – $402.57M $655.85M
Free cash flow – $170.51M $479.12M
EPS (diluted) – $12.95 $5.86
Cash & equivalents $15.93M $233.54M –
Total debt $2.77B $6.57B $3.41B
Shares (diluted) – 31.09M 111.86M
Enterprise value $877.95M $4.43B $6.27B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCPACEXPCMC
P/E 25.1x 13.4x 10.6x
P/FCF 14.9x 31.4x 14.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 8.5x 6.5x
P/S 1.8x 2.3x 0.7x
P/B 3.1x 3.6x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 3.1x 3.6x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 9.8x -1.5x
EV/EBIT – 12.8x -1.4x
EV/Revenue – 3.0x 1.0x
EV/FCF – 40.4x 19.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 10.9x 9.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -10.95 -1.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCPACEXPCMC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 1.7% 20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.0% 2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -6.5% 43.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -1.9% -1.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -9.0% -7.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -4.1% -5.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – -11.1% 674.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -5.5% -8.6%
EPS growth (1Y) – -6.2% 690.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -1.2% -6.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 14.4% 48.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% -7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -45.7% 53.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -26.3% -13.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCPACEXPCMC
Gross margin – 27.0% 18.6%
EBITDA margin – 30.3% -69.6%
Operating margin – 23.2% -73.8%
Pretax margin – 21.5% 7.6%
Net margin – 17.3% 7.0%
FCF margin – 7.3% 5.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 27.2% 11.3%
Return on equity – 26.1% 14.2%
Return on assets – 10.0% 6.5%
Return on invested capital – 12.9% -79.6%
Return on capital employed – 15.0% -82.5%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.6x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCPACEXPCMC
Debt / assets 28.4% 45.0% 33.2%
Debt / equity 0.7x 1.2x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.2x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 10.3x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 61.6% 62.0% 54.2%
Equity / assets 38.4% 38.0% 45.8%
Interest coverage – 11.3x -48.4x
Current ratio 1.1x 3.2x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.8x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.8x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 3.11 0.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCPACEXPCMC
Dividend yield 4.8% 0.6% 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 7.2% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 4.8% 7.8% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 8.0% 12.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 18.8% 17.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -4.0% 3.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -4.5% 4.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCPACEXPCMC
Forward P/E 14.0xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 9.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $0.91FY2026 $12.26FY2026 $6.49FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +68.5%FY2026 -11.3%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +5.5% +3.0% +10.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $680.11MFY2026 $2.19BFY2026 $9.59BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 -5.3%FY2026 +2.1%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -2.3% +5.5% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCPACEXPCMC
Held by institutions 1.4% 100.0% 93.1%
Institutions holding 26 529 520
Change in shares held, QoQ +76.6% +4.2% +0.2%
Institutions buying 17 272 262
Institutions selling 4 167 175
Buyers to sellers 4.25 1.63 1.50

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CPACEXPCMC
CPAC 1.00 0.05 0.01
EXP 0.05 1.00 0.43
CMC 0.01 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CPAC, EXP and CMC?

Commercial Metals (CMC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) $1.09B, Eagle Materials (EXP) $5.42B, Commercial Metals (CMC) $7.04B.

Which stock is cheaper, CPAC, EXP and CMC?

Commercial Metals (CMC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 25.1x, Eagle Materials (EXP) 13.5x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 10.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Commercial Metals (CMC) is cheapest (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 14.0x, Eagle Materials (EXP) 14.2x, Commercial Metals (CMC) 9.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Commercial Metals (CMC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Eagle Materials (EXP) +1.7%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eagle Materials (EXP) has the highest net margin (Eagle Materials (EXP) 17.3%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 7.0%). On return on invested capital, Eagle Materials (EXP) leads (Eagle Materials (EXP) 12.9%, Commercial Metals (CMC) -79.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) returned the most: Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) +71.9%, Eagle Materials (EXP) -25.4%, Commercial Metals (CMC) +2.2%. Over five years, Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) compounded fastest (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) +15.3%/yr, Eagle Materials (EXP) +4.7%/yr, Commercial Metals (CMC) +14.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Commercial Metals (CMC) has the highest dividend yield: Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 0.00%, Eagle Materials (EXP) 0.01%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 0.01%. Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Eagle Materials (EXP) has been the steadiest (Cementos Pacasmayo Saa (CPAC) 53.0%, Eagle Materials (EXP) 34.5%, Commercial Metals (CMC) 35.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CPAC, EXP and CMC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Commercial Metals (CMC) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.