Free cash flow jumps at Cemex (NYSE: CX) as 2025 results land
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Cemex reported solid fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, highlighting progress in its transformation plan. For 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 50% after adjusting for one-off items, while Operating EBITDA increased 1% to US$3,080 million, keeping the EBITDA margin near 19%.
Full-year controlling interest net income grew 2% to US$960 million, though fourth-quarter net income was hit by goodwill and asset impairments. Adjusted for these impairments, full-year net income would have increased 41% to US$1.5 billion. Fourth-quarter net sales climbed 11% to US$4,180 million and EBITDA rose 16% to US$781 million, with double-digit growth helped by a recovery in Mexico and strong EMEA performance.
Regionally, 2025 Mexico sales fell 11% but fourth-quarter sales rose 15% and EBITDA jumped 34%, with margins expanding. EMEA delivered full-year sales growth of 11% and EBITDA growth of 24%. Cemex’s board is proposing a cash dividend about 40% higher than the prior year and, subject to approval, plans to repurchase up to US$500 million of shares over three years. The company also reduced consolidated gross CO₂ emissions by 2% and achieved record clinker factor levels in several regions.
Positive
- Free Cash Flow strength: 2025 Free Cash Flow increased by 50% after adjusting for one-off items, showing significantly stronger cash generation.
- Improved underlying profitability: Adjusted for goodwill and asset impairments, full-year net income would have risen 41% to US$1.5 billion.
- Capital return to shareholders: The board proposes a cash dividend about 40% higher than the prior year and plans to repurchase up to US$500 million in shares over three years.
- EMEA performance: Europe, Middle East and Africa delivered 2025 sales growth of 11% and Operating EBITDA growth of 24%, with EBITDA margin expanding from 13.8% to 15.4%.
Negative
- Weak full-year growth in key markets: 2025 sales declined 11% in Mexico and 4% in the United States, with corresponding full-year EBITDA reductions of 5% in each region.
- Impairment-driven quarterly loss: Fourth-quarter controlling interest net income swung to a US$356 million loss, affected by goodwill and asset impairments.
Insights
Cash generation and capital returns improved, despite mixed regional revenue trends.
Cemex delivered stronger cash generation in 2025, with Free Cash Flow up
Regional results were uneven: Mexico’s full-year sales declined
The board’s proposal for a cash dividend roughly
UNITED STATES
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FORM 6-K
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UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Contents
| 1. | Press release dated February 5, 2026 announcing fourth quarter 2025 results for Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) (“Cemex”). | |
| 2. | Fourth quarter 2025 results for Cemex. | |
| 3. | Presentation regarding fourth quarter 2025 results for Cemex. | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: February 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ Jaime Martinez Merla | ||||
| Name: Jaime Martinez Merla | ||||||
| Title: Chief Comptroller | ||||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| EXHIBIT NO. |
DESCRIPTION | |
| 1. | Press release dated February 5, 2026 announcing fourth quarter 2025 results for Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) (“Cemex”). | |
| 2. | Fourth quarter 2025 results for Cemex. | |
| 3. | Presentation regarding fourth quarter 2025 results for Cemex. | |
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Exhibit 1
Cemex transformation plan delivers strong 2025 Free Cash Flow
| • | Free Cash Flow from Operations increased 50% in 2025, with a 46% conversion rate, adjusting for one-off items |
| • | EBITDA growth of 17% in second half leading to 1% increase for full year EBITDA |
| • | Project Cutting Edge delivered US$200 million in recurring EBITDA savings |
| • | Delivering on commitment to enhance shareholder return, with proposed 40% increase in annual dividend and activation of share buyback program with intent to repurchase up to US$500 million over the next 3 years, subject to annual shareholder approval and other formalities |
Monterrey, Mexico. February 5, 2026 – Cemex announced today its results for the fourth quarter and full-year of 2025, reporting strong progress across key transformation metrics. For the full year, Free Cash Flow increased by 50%, adjusting for one-off items including severance and discontinued operations. EBITDA increased by 1% supported by Project Cutting Edge. Fourth quarter Net Income was impacted by goodwill and asset impairments, while full year Net Income increased by 2%. Adjusting for these impairments, Net Income would have increased by 41% to US$1.5 billion in the year.
With momentum building in the second half of the year, supported by a recovery in Mexico and solid performance in EMEA, fourth quarter net sales and EBITDA increased at a double-digit rate. Full-year EBITDA margin remained stable with a significant expansion in the second half. All regions reported relatively flat to improved EBITDA margins in 2025.
“I am proud of what we have accomplished so far and expect even better results in 2026 supported by our transformation plan, improved market demand, and operating leverage available to us in most markets,” said Jaime Muguiro, CEO of Cemex. “I want to recognize our teams across the organization. 2025 was a demanding year with the introduction of our transformation plan, and required discipline, resilience and a strong execution mindset.”
Regional performance reflected broad-based improvement. In Mexico, fourth-quarter results strengthened, with year-over-year sales and EBITDA growth, margin expansion and continued recovery in demand conditions. The United States delivered record fourth-quarter EBITDA and higher margins, supported by operating efficiencies and Project Cutting Edge. EMEA reported solid full-year performance, led by higher volumes, pricing and cost efficiencies, while South, Central America and the Caribbean achieved a third consecutive year of EBITDA growth despite fourth-quarter weather disruptions.
Cemex’s Board of Directors has proposed that an annual cash dividend close to 40% higher than the one announced in 2025 be presented for approval at Cemex’s upcoming General Shareholders’ Meeting in late March. Complementing the cash dividend and subject to shareholder approval and other formalities, the company plans to activate its share repurchase program, with the intent to buy back up to US$500 million in shares over the next three years.
Decarbonization progress continued in 2025. Consolidated gross CO₂ emissions declined by 2%, primarily driven by further reductions in clinker factor. Cemex’s operations in Europe reached the Cement Europe Association’s 2030 gross CO₂ emissions reduction target five years ahead of schedule, while operations in Mexico and South, Central America and the Caribbean profitably achieved record clinker factor levels during the year.
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Cemex’s Consolidated 2025 Fourth Quarter Highlights
| January - December | Fourth Quarter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | % var | l-t-l % var |
2025 | 2024 | % var | l-t-l % var |
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| Sales |
16,132 | 16,063 | 0% | (0 | %) | 4,180 | 3,780 | 11% | 4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA |
3,080 | 3,058 | 1% | 1 | % | 781 | 675 | 16% | 9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA margin |
19.1 | % | 19.0 | % | 0.1pp | 18.7 | % | 17.9 | % | 0.8pp | ||||||||||||||||||
| Controlling interest net income (loss) |
960 | 939 | 2% | (356 | ) | 48 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||
In millions of U.S. dollars, except percentages.
Regional 2025 Fourth Quarter Highlights
| January - December | Fourth Quarter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | % var | l-t-l % var |
2025 | 2024 | % var | l-t-l % var |
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| Mexico |
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| Sales |
4,364 | 4,881 | (11%) | (7 | %) | 1,206 | 1,050 | 15% | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA |
1,404 | 1,475 | (5%) | (1 | %) | 379 | 283 | 34% | 20 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA margin |
32.2 | % | 30.2 | % | 2.0pp | 31.5 | % | 26.9 | % | 4.6pp | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States |
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| Sales |
5,008 | 5,194 | (4%) | (4 | %) | 1,202 | 1,233 | (3%) | (3 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA |
979 | 1,031 | (5%) | (5 | %) | 241 | 238 | 1% | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA margin |
19.5 | % | 19.8 | % | (0.3pp) | 20.1 | % | 19.3 | % | 0.8pp | ||||||||||||||||||
| Europe, Middle East and Africa |
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| Sales |
5,118 | 4,631 | 11% | 6 | % | 1,328 | 1,155 | 15% | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA |
788 | 637 | 24% | 19 | % | 194 | 177 | 10% | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA margin |
15.4 | % | 13.8 | % | 1.6pp | 14.6 | % | 15.4 | % | (0.8pp) | ||||||||||||||||||
| South, Central America and the Caribbean |
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| Sales |
1,144 | 1,111 | 3% | 1 | % | 281 | 267 | 5% | (3 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA |
223 | 212 | 5% | 2 | % | 53 | 52 | 2% | (5 | %) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating EBITDA margin |
19.5 | % | 19.1 | % | 0.4pp | 18.9 | % | 19.4 | % | (0.5pp) | ||||||||||||||||||
In millions of U.S. dollars, except percentages.
Note: All references to EBITDA mean Operating EBITDA and all references to margin refer to Operating EBITDA margin.
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About Cemex
Cemex is a global construction materials company that is building a better future through sustainable products and solutions. Cemex is committed to achieving carbon neutrality through relentless innovation and industry-leading research and development. Cemex is at the forefront of the circular economy in the construction value chain and is pioneering ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels in its operations with the help of new technologies. Cemex offers cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and urbanization solutions in growing markets around the world, powered by a multinational workforce focused on providing a superior customer experience enabled by digital technologies. For more information, please visit: www.cemex.com
Contact information
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the cyclical activity of the construction sector and reduced construction activity in our end markets or reduced use in our end markets for our products; our exposure to sectors that impact our and our clients’ businesses, particularly those operating in the commercial and residential construction sectors, and the public and private infrastructure and energy sectors; volatility in pension plan asset values and liabilities, which may require cash or other contributions to the pension plans; changes in spending levels for residential and commercial construction and general infrastructure projects; the availability of short-term credit lines or working capital facilities, which can assist us in connection with market cycles; any impact of not maintaining investment grade debt rating or not obtaining investment grade debt ratings from additional rating agencies on our cost of capital and on the cost of the products and services we purchase; availability of raw materials and related fluctuating prices of raw materials, as well as of goods and services in general, in particular increases in prices of raw materials, goods and services, as a result of inflation, trade barriers, measures imposed by governments or as a result of conflicts between countries that disrupt supply chains; our ability to maintain and expand our distribution network and maintain favorable relationships with third parties who supply us with equipment, services and essential suppliers; competition in the markets in which we offer our products and services; the impact of environmental cleanup costs and other remedial actions, and other environmental, climate and related liabilities relating to existing and/or divested businesses, assets and/or operations; our ability to secure and permit aggregates reserves in strategically located areas in amounts that our operations require to operate or operate in a cost-efficient manner; the timing and amount of federal, state, and local funding for infrastructure; changes in our effective tax rate; our ability to comply with regulations and implement technologies and other initiatives that aim to reduce and/or capture CO2 emissions and comply with related carbon emissions regulations in place in the jurisdictions where we have operations; the legal and regulatory environment, including environmental, climate, trade, energy, tax, antitrust, sanctions, export controls, construction, human rights and labor welfare, and acquisition-related rules and regulations in the countries and regions in which we have operations; the effects of currency fluctuations on our results of operations and financial condition; our ability to satisfy our obligations under our debt agreements, the indentures that govern our outstanding notes, and our other debt instruments and financial obligations, and also regarding our subordinated notes with no fixed maturity and other financial obligations; adverse legal or regulatory proceedings or disputes, such as class actions or enforcement or other proceedings brought by third parties, government and regulatory agencies, including antitrust investigations and claims; our ability to protect our reputation and intellectual property; our ability to consummate asset sales or consummate asset sales in terms favorable to Cemex, fully integrate newly acquired businesses, achieve cost-savings from our cost-reduction initiatives, implement our pricing and commercial initiatives for our products and services, and generally meet our business strategy’s goals; the increasing reliance on information technology infrastructure for our sales, invoicing, procurement, financial statements, and other processes that can adversely affect our sales and operations in the event that the infrastructure does not work as intended, experiences technical difficulties, or is subjected to invasion, disruption, or damage caused by circumstances beyond our control, including cyber-attacks, catastrophic events, power outages, natural disasters, computer system or network failures, or other security breaches; the effects of climate change, in particular reflected in weather conditions, including but
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not limited to excessive rain and snow, shortage of usable water, wildfires and natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods, that could affect our facilities or the markets in which we offer our products and services or from where we source our raw materials; trade barriers, including but not limited to tariffs or import taxes, including those imposed by the United States of America to key markets in which we operate, in particular, Mexico and the EU, and changes in existing trade policies or changes to, or withdrawals from, free trade agreements, including the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (the “USMCA”), and the overall impact that the imposition or threat of trade barriers may cause on the overall economy of the countries in which we do business or that are part of our global supply chain; availability and cost of trucks, railcars, barges, and ships, terminals, warehouses, as well as their licensed operators, drivers, staff and workers for transport, loading and unloading of our materials or that are otherwise a part of our supply chain; labor shortages and constraints; our ability to hire, effectively compensate and retain our key personnel and maintain satisfactory labor relations; our ability to detect and prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption, as well as other illegal activities, and how any measures implemented by governments to detect and prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption, and other illegal activities, affect our customers, suppliers and countries in which we do business in general; defaults, losses or disruptions in agreements, financial transactions or operations resulting from sanctions or restrictions imposed on any financial institution, including but not limited to banks, common representatives, trustees, payment processors, paying agents or other financial intermediaries, or any related parties; terrorist and organized criminal activities, social unrest, as well as geopolitical events, such as global, regional or national instability, hostilities, war, and armed conflicts, including the current war between Russia and Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East and any insecurity and hostilities in Mexico related to illegal activities or organized crime and any actions any government takes to prevent these illegal activities and organized crime; the impact of pandemics, epidemics, or outbreaks of infectious diseases and the response of governments and other third parties, which could adversely affect, among other matters, the ability of our operating facilities to operate at full or any capacity, supply chains, international operations, availability of liquidity, investor confidence and consumer spending, as well as the availability of, and demand for, our products and services; changes in the economy that affect demand for consumer goods, consequently affecting demand for our products and services; the depth and duration of an economic slowdown or recession, instability in the business landscape and lack of availability of credit; declarations of insolvency or bankruptcy, or becoming subject to similar proceedings; natural disasters and other unforeseen events (including global health hazards such as, for example, COVID-19); and our ability to implement our climate action program in effect at any given time, if any, including our current “Future in Action” climate action program, and to achieve our sustainability goals and objectives in effect at any given time, if any, including under our current “Future in Action” climate action program.
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This press release includes certain non-International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) financial measures that differ from financial information presented by Cemex in accordance with IFRS in its financial statements and reports containing financial information. The aforementioned non-IFRS financial measures include “Operating EBITDA” (operating earnings before other expenses, net plus depreciation and amortization) and “Operating EBITDA Margin”. The closest IFRS financial measure to Operating EBITDA is “Operating earnings before other expenses, net”, as Operating EBITDA adds depreciation and amortization to the IFRS financial measure. Our Operating EBITDA Margin is calculated by dividing our Operating EBITDA
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for the period by our revenues as reported in our financial statements for the same period. We believe there is no close IFRS financial measure to compare Operating EBITDA Margin. These non-IFRS financial measures are designed to complement and should not be considered superior to financial measures calculated in accordance with IFRS. Although Operating EBITDA and Operating EBITDA Margin are not measures of operating performance, an alternative to cash flows or a measure of financial position under IFRS, Operating EBITDA is the financial measure used by Cemex’s management to review operating performance and profitability, for decision-making purposes and to allocate resources. Moreover, our Operating EBITDA is a measure used by Cemex’s creditors to review our ability to internally fund capital expenditures, service or incur debt and comply with financial covenants under our financing agreements. Furthermore, Cemex’s management regularly reviews our Operating EBITDA Margin by reportable segment and on a consolidated basis as a measure of performance and profitability. The financial measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Non-IFRS financial measures presented in the press release are being provided for informative purposes only and shall not be construed as investment, financial, or other advice.
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FAQ
How did Cemex (CX) perform financially in full-year 2025?
Cemex posted stable 2025 results with stronger cash generation. Sales were US$16,132 million, essentially flat year over year, while Operating EBITDA increased 1% to US$3,080 million. Controlling interest net income rose 2% to US$960 million, reflecting resilient profitability.
What happened to Cemex (CX) Free Cash Flow and EBITDA in 2025?
Cemex significantly improved cash generation during 2025. Free Cash Flow rose 50% after adjusting for severance and discontinued operations. Operating EBITDA reached US$3,080 million, a 1% increase, and the EBITDA margin remained close to 19% on a consolidated basis.
How strong were Cemex (CX) fourth-quarter 2025 results?
Cemex’s fourth quarter showed clear momentum. Net sales increased 11% to US$4,180 million and Operating EBITDA rose 16% to US$781 million. Growth was helped by a recovery in Mexico, solid EMEA performance, and stable to improving EBITDA margins across regions.
What capital return plans did Cemex (CX) announce for shareholders?
Cemex’s board proposed a higher cash return to shareholders. It plans an annual cash dividend about 40% larger than the one announced in 2025 and, subject to approvals, intends to repurchase up to US$500 million of shares over the next three years.
How did Cemex (CX) perform by region in 2025?
Regional results were mixed. In Mexico, full-year sales fell 11% but fourth-quarter sales rose 15% with margins expanding. The U.S. saw 4% lower sales and 5% lower EBITDA, while EMEA delivered 11% sales growth and 24% EBITDA growth.
What ESG and decarbonization progress did Cemex (CX) report for 2025?
Cemex advanced its decarbonization strategy in 2025. Consolidated gross CO₂ emissions declined 2%, mainly from lower clinker factor. Its European operations reached the Cement Europe Association’s 2030 gross CO₂ reduction target five years early, with record clinker factor levels in several regions.
