Cemex SAB de CV ADR (CX) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Cemex SAB de CV ADR

CX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Cemex produces cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and related construction materials, selling them across many countries. Its range spans grey and white portland cement, specialist concrete mixes, crushed stone and sand, plus urbanisation offerings such as construction chemicals and waste-management services. It was founded in 1906 and is based in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico.
Where it sits in the stack
Cemex carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks layer by layer. It belongs instead to the Basic Materials sector, in the Building Materials industry, alongside miners and other resource producers the diary follows for sector context rather than for any position in chips, data centres or the compute supply chain.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on scored Basic Materials names based in the US, mostly gold miners such as Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle and Kinross Gold, grouped by sector and country rather than by product. The market's more direct comparison is Holcim, another large cement and building-materials producer.
Why Closelook tracks it
Cemex carries a Closelook score, our composite read across seven modules; valuation is its strongest module and momentum its weakest. It holds no seat in our index and the diary records no quotes or editions naming it.
What the diary watches
Whether the shares stabilise after trading well below both their 50-day and 200-day levels and well off their 52-week high, or extend the recent run of down sessions.

Cemex SAB de CV ADR (CX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 44/100 composite (momentum 24, quality 36, valuation 75) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Building Materials · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Building Materials

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.07%, quarterly · buybacks 995 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.11 USD per share · a 1.07% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +64.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.0653 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0310 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-15
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.0877 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.0850 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 128 m USD 13% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 995 m USD 6.8% of today's market value
  • Share count −90.1% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 1.12 bn USD · 111% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Materials in US: −1.9% week · −4.8% month · −3.2% quarter · −2.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Cemex SAB de CV ADR (CX)?

Cemex SAB de CV ADR trades as CX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Cemex SAB de CV ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Cemex SAB de CV ADR's Closelook composite score?

44 out of 100, with momentum 24, quality 36 and valuation 75 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CX trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -11.6% vs the 50-day and -15.2% vs the 200-day average, 26.2% below the 52-week high and +16% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 14 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Cemex SAB de CV ADR do?

Cemex produces cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and related construction materials, selling them across many countries. Its range spans grey and white portland cement, specialist concrete mixes, crushed stone and sand, plus urbanisation offerings such as construction chemicals and waste-management services. It was founded in 1906 and is based in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico. Closelook's peer group draws on scored Basic Materials names based in the US, mostly gold miners such as Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle and Kinross Gold, grouped by sector and country rather than by product. The market's more direct comparison is Holcim, another large cement and building-materials producer.

Where does Cemex SAB de CV ADR sit in the AI build-out?

Cemex carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks layer by layer. It belongs instead to the Basic Materials sector, in the Building Materials industry, alongside miners and other resource producers the diary follows for sector context rather than for any position in chips, data centres or the compute supply chain. Cemex carries a Closelook score, our composite read across seven modules; valuation is its strongest module and momentum its weakest. It holds no seat in our index and the diary records no quotes or editions naming it.

Does Cemex SAB de CV ADR pay a dividend?

Cemex SAB de CV ADR has paid 0.11 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.07% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0310 USD on 2026-09-15. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 128 m USD in dividends and bought back 995 m USD of its own shares, 111% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 90.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Building Materials, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.