Erste Group Bank Issues Positive Outlook for Holcim Earnings

Holcim Ltd Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:HCMLY) – Equities researchers at Erste Group Bank lifted their FY2026 earnings estimates for Holcim in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, August 5th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now forecasts that the construction company will earn $0.90 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.89. The consensus estimate for Holcim’s current full-year earnings is $0.90 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for Holcim’s FY2027 earnings at $1.05 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on HCMLY. BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of Holcim from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 19th. DZ Bank raised Holcim from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Holcim in a research note on Friday, July 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating on shares of Holcim in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Holcim presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $16.80.

Holcim Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of OTCMKTS HCMLY opened at $17.44 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.09. Holcim has a twelve month low of $15.45 and a twelve month high of $21.23. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $18.41 and a 200 day simple moving average of $18.34.

About Holcim

Holcim is a global building materials and solutions company headquartered in Switzerland that produces and supplies cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt and a range of prefabricated and construction-related products and services. Its offerings are aimed at construction and infrastructure markets, serving contractors, developers, municipalities and industrial customers with materials for residential, commercial and civil engineering projects.

The company traces its modern form to the 2015 combination of Swiss cement maker Holcim and France’s Lafarge, which created one of the world’s largest building-materials groups; the combined enterprise later simplified its name to Holcim.