Comparing Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (LOMA) and Its Peers

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina (NYSE:LOMA) is one of 23 publicly-traded companies in the “BLDG – RSDNT/COMR” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina	0	0	4	0	3.00
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Competitors	378	1821	2061	66	2.42

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina currently has a consensus price target of $14.80, indicating a potential upside of 30.86%. As a group, “BLDG – RSDNT/COMR” companies have a potential upside of 18.98%. Given Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

19.3% of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of shares of all “BLDG – RSDNT/COMR” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of shares of all “BLDG – RSDNT/COMR” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina	14.52%	12.51%	6.95%
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Competitors	11.42%	18.05%	10.97%

Risk and Volatility

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina’s peers have a beta of 0.95, meaning that their average share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina	$767.70 million	$169.19 million	13.46
Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Competitors	$11.16 billion	$1.27 billion	5.50

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina. Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina peers beat Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina

Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cement and its derivatives in Argentina. The company operates through Cement, Masonry Cement and Lime; Concrete; Railroad; Aggregates; and Others segments. It offers masonry cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, concrete, and lime to wholesale distributors, concrete producers, industrial customers, and others for use in the construction. The company also provides rail transportation services; and treats and recycles industrial waste for use as fuel and raw material. It markets its products under the Loma Negra, San Martín, Plasticor, Cacique Plus, Cacique Max, Loma Negra Plus, and Lomax brands. The company was founded in 1926 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima is a subsidiary of Intercement Trading E Inversiones Argentina Sociedad Limitada.