Cemex S.A. B de C.V. (ADR) (CX)

Bruce1967 (< 20) Submitted: 1/05/08 4:24 PM : Start Price: $24.74 CX Score: 5.50

Here's a great company, operating in Mexico, US, Spain, Europe and the Middle East. Selling one of modern life's basic necessities - Portland Cement concrete.

M. Market is really worried that the slowdown in the US housing market is going to really...

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TMFEldrehad (99.98) Submitted: 8/21/06 5:39 PM : Start Price: $27.52 CX Score: -12.53

Cement... certainly not hip, flashy, or trendy. Actually, it's downright boring if you ask me.

But this boring company grew earnings at over 25% from '04 to '05, and grew cash flow from operations by over 50% for the same period - and is in a prim...

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pencils2 (99.67) Submitted: 5/25/06 3:30 PM : Start Price: $27.70 CX Score: -14.83

Cement is an industry that will be booming in India, Russia, South America, and China (Along with other areas), and Cemex has operations in all of those places. A 100-year-old company with increasing income, high EPS, low P/E compared to the industry...

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riffle10 (55.23) Submitted: 4/14/08 4:44 PM : Start Price: $24.93 CX Score: -0.83

i hear buildings have concrete in them. and apparently buildings have been a very popular thing for the last few millenia (using concrete for the last 2). Now i understand that people have to stop making buildings because the press says that people c...

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rsotomayor (46.04) Submitted: 12/19/06 2:35 AM : Start Price: $31.89 CX Score: -16.09

Initially a relative small Mexican cement company that has turned global and not so small anymore. It will dominate the US Cement market and it has India and China markets as its grow pathsince it currently does not play in these regions.

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EarningsPower (27.74) Submitted: 2/07/08 10:33 PM : Start Price: $20.26 CX Score: 16.25

There are so many reasons to own CX at these prices I find it difficult to contain my enthusiasm. The opportunity to purchase such a wonderful business at less than half a conservative estimate of its intrinsic value will not last long, it never doe...

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JDSancho (99.15) Submitted: 3/30/08 6:34 PM : Start Price: $25.15 CX Score: -3.23

Alright, let's talk about cement, because nothing is more exciting. Exactly why this investment is interesting to me. I love boring companies. Plus, I believe CX is a growth company misvalued. According to Yahoo Finance's Analysts Estimates, CX i...

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NetscribeInterna (29.51) Submitted: 2/12/07 8:12 AM : Start Price: $34.05 CX Score: 19.20

Cemex is primarily involved in the business of producing cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and clinker. Having an installed cement capacity of 98.2 million tons, it is the third largest cement producer in the world. The company operates in most ...

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rdwjr001 (33.31) Submitted: 8/17/06 9:04 PM : Start Price: $27.56 CX Score: -12.27

CX has product demand that is over and above the product delivery for the next several years. The recent building in China and India will now be supplimented with the reconstruction requirements of the middle east after the recent war. CX has ample...

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TMFMattyA (93.86) Submitted: 3/26/08 4:17 PM : Start Price: $25.36 CX Score: -4.93

It's no secret: The construction business is hurting right now, especially in the United States. Fortunately, that reality gives us a chance to buy Cemex at a reasonable price. Doing so puts your money in the hands of a group of talented, candid, a...

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