Amrize (AMRZ) versus The Competition Critical Analysis

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$12.18 billion	$1.19 billion	20.20
Amrize Competitors	$32.75 billion	$651.37 million	26.79

Amrize’s competitors have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Amrize. Amrize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

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 181.4% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Amrize has a beta of 0.04, indicating that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize’s competitors have a beta of 0.92, indicating that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 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.

Profitability

This table compares Amrize and its competitors’ 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	4.50%	7.93%	4.94%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Amrize and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	3	7	8	1	2.37
Amrize Competitors	411	2075	2846	86	2.48

Amrize presently has a consensus price target of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 28.62%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 436.53%. Given Amrize’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Amrize competitors beat Amrize on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Amrize

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.