Comparing Monarch Cement (MCEM) and The Competition

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Monarch Cement and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Monarch Cement	$248.26 million	$89.32 million	12.86
Monarch Cement Competitors	$32.73 billion	$651.37 million	26.91

Monarch Cement’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Monarch Cement. Monarch Cement is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Monarch Cement and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monarch Cement	28.98%	17.20%	15.07%
Monarch Cement Competitors	4.49%	7.93%	4.94%

Dividends

Monarch Cement pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Monarch Cement pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies pay a dividend yield of 183.1% and pay out 31.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Monarch Cement shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Monarch Cement has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Cement’s rivals have a beta of 0.93, suggesting that their average stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Monarch Cement rivals beat Monarch Cement on 6 of the 11 factors compared.

About Monarch Cement

The Monarch Cement Company engages in the manufacture and sale of portland cement in the United States. The company also provides masonry cement, ready-mixed concrete, concrete products, and sundry building materials. It primarily serves contractors, ready-mixed concrete plants, concrete products plants, building materials dealers, and governmental agencies. The company sells its products principally in the State of Kansas, the State of Iowa, southeast Nebraska, western Missouri, northwest Arkansas, and northern Oklahoma. The Monarch Cement Company was founded in 1908 and is based in Humboldt, Kansas.