Critical Comparison: Amrize (AMRZ) vs. Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Amrize and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	4	8	6	1	2.21
Amrize Competitors	418	2080	2849	86	2.48

Amrize presently has a consensus price target of $55.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.98%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 454.07%. Given Amrize’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Amrize has a beta of 0.04, meaning that its share price is 96% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize’s peers have a beta of 0.89, meaning that their average share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$11.81 billion	$1.19 billion	18.67
Amrize Competitors	$6.78 billion	$651.21 million	24.66

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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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	4.52%	7.94%	4.94%

Dividends

Amrize pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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 189.0% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Amrize peers beat Amrize on 8 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.