Critical Review: Amrize (AMRZ) vs. Its Competitors

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

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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Amrize and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$11.81 billion	$1.19 billion	21.50
Amrize Competitors	$6.83 billion	$651.37 million	31.42

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 breakdown of current ratings for Amrize and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amrize	1	6	9	1	2.59
Amrize Competitors	406	2056	2838	83	2.48

Amrize presently has a consensus price target of $60.57, indicating a potential upside of 29.82%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 413.51%. Given Amrize’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Amrize pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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 178.3% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

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	4.71%	8.18%	5.10%

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

Amrize beats its peers 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.