Analyzing Amrize (AMRZ) and Its Peers

Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) is one of 74 public companies in the “Construction Materials” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Amrize to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

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 180.8% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Amrize shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and 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	21.00
Amrize Competitors	$6.77 billion	$651.37 million	28.25

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Amrize and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	2	5	9	1	2.53
Amrize Competitors	407	2059	2841	83	2.48

Amrize currently has a consensus target price of $60.57, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 421.77%. 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	4.62%	7.99%	4.99%

Volatility & Risk

Amrize has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize’s peers have a beta of 0.90, meaning that their average share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amrize beats its peers on 9 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.