Critical Analysis: Amrize (AMRZ) and Its Rivals

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amrize	$11.81 billion	$1.19 billion	18.67
Amrize Competitors	$6.82 billion	$651.37 million	24.67

Amrize has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Amrize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & 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 rivals have a beta of 0.89, meaning that their average share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Amrize and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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 currently has a consensus target price of $55.50, suggesting a potential upside of 36.98%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 451.73%. Given Amrize’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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 186.9% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Amrize shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are owned 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.

Profitability

This table compares Amrize and its rivals’ 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%

Summary

Amrize rivals beat Amrize on 8 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.