Holcim Ltd (HCMLF) Stock

About Holcim Ltd

Holcim Ltd, an established global entity founded in 1833 and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, serves as a leading provider of construction materials and advanced building solutions. Its extensive operations span continents, reaching across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The company structures its business across four primary divisions: Cement, Aggregates, Ready-mix Concrete, and Solutions & Products. Within these segments, Holcim delivers a comprehensive range of critical construction components, including various types of cement, hydraulic binders, clinker, and other cementitious products. It also supplies essential aggregates like crushed stone, gravel, and sand, alongside ready-mix concrete, prefabricated concrete items, asphalt compounds, and mortars. Beyond its product offerings, Holcim provides a suite of services such as contracting, retail sales, and waste management. These diverse materials and services are instrumental in a wide array of construction endeavors. They are crucial for major infrastructure developments, including roads, mining sites, ports, dams, data centers, sports stadiums, wind farms, and power generation facilities. Additionally, Holcim's products underpin numerous building projects, encompassing private residences, multi-unit housing complexes, corporate offices, industrial and commercial structures, public buildings, and affordable housing initiatives. The organization, previously recognized as LafargeHolcim Ltd, officially rebranded to Holcim Ltd in May 2021.

Holcim Ltd is headquartered in CH.

Holcim Ltd (HCMLF) stock trades at $86.10 with a market capitalization of $47.62B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 67.11, price-to-book of 2.49, price-to-sales of 1.66. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $78.60 and $106.39, and currently trades 19.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.51%.

On profitability, Holcim Ltd generates a return on equity (ROE) of 45.64% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 13.75%, an operating margin of 16.18%, a net profit margin of 29.54%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Holcim Ltd reported annual revenue of $15.7B, net profit of $389.0M, revenue has compounded at -7.4% a year over the last five years, profit at -25.5% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 1.09, total assets of $33.6B, $5.4B in cash and equivalents.

HCMLF has an average daily trading volume of 233 shares, a beta of 0.74 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.holcim.com