Holcim Ltd (HCMLY) Stock

About Holcim Ltd

Holcim Ltd, a venerable company founded in 1833 and headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, functions as a global provider of construction materials and innovative solutions. Its expansive operations span across major regions, including Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The company structures its business into four primary divisions: Cement, Aggregates, Ready-mix Concrete, and Solutions & Products. Its product portfolio encompasses fundamental construction components like cement, specialized hydraulic binders, clinker, and various other cementitious substances. Holcim also supplies aggregates, including crushed stone, gravel, and sand, alongside ready-mix concrete, precast concrete elements, asphalt, and diverse mortars. Additionally, the company extends its offerings to include contracting services, retail operations, and comprehensive waste management solutions. These materials and services are integral to a wide spectrum of construction endeavors, spanning: Infrastructure projects: such as roads, mining facilities, ports, dams, data centers, sports arenas, renewable energy sites like wind farms, and electric power plants. Building projects: encompassing residential developments (individual and collective), corporate offices, industrial and commercial facilities, and public sector structures. Affordable housing initiatives. Formerly known as LafargeHolcim Ltd, the company adopted its current name, Holcim Ltd, in May 2021.

Holcim Ltd is headquartered in CH.

Holcim Ltd (HCMLY) stock trades at $17.50 with a market capitalization of $48.40B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 66.81, price-to-book of 2.48, price-to-sales of 1.66. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $15.45 and $21.23, and currently trades 17.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.40%.

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 $804.0M, revenue has compounded at -7.4% a year over the last five years, profit at -13.9% 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.

HCMLY has an average daily trading volume of 92,851.1 shares, a beta of 0.74 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.holcim.com