Key Takeaways High expectations for demand growth and margin expansion may be difficult to meet if market, regulatory, or competitive conditions shift unfavorably. Risks around regulatory costs, disruptive new materials, and integration of acquisitions could undermine profitability and long-term growth assumptions.Read more
Key Takeaways Holcim faces rising costs and shrinking margins from climate regulations, technology upgrades, and aggressive sustainability investments that may not yield proportional returns. Slow adaptation to disruptive construction technologies and materials, alongside fierce local competition, threatens Holcim's market share and sustained revenue growth.Read more
Key Takeaways The Amrize spin-off and leadership in circular construction position Holcim for substantial valuation gains and strong cash flow resilience across cycles. Accelerated adoption of green solutions, digitalization, and expanding urban markets underpin sustainable margin expansion and outsized long-term growth prospects.Read more
Holcim AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides building materials and solutions worldwide. The company operates through five segments: North America; Latin America; Europe; Asia, the Middle East & Africa; and Solutions & Products. It provides cement, clinker, and other cementitious materials; ready-mix concrete; aggregates, such as crushed stone, gravel, and sand; and precast, concrete products, asphalts, mortars, roofing systems, insulation systems, tile adhesives, facade solutions, and contracting and services. The company also engages in the distribution and retail activities comprising product availability and deliveries, in-store animation and shopping experience, one-stop retail shop, digital services and solutions, and financing and cash-flow solutions, as well as waste management services. Its products are used in infrastructure projects, such as tunnels, railways and train stations, airports and ports, and bridges; housing projects, including individual and collective housing; commercial projects comprising offices, retail, and public buildings; and industrial projects consisting of renewable energy, oil and gas, and mining. The company sells its products under the ECOPact, ECOPlanet, ECOCycle, Airium, DYNAMax, Aggneo, Ductal, Hydromedia, TectorPrint, Aggregate Industries, Disensa, Duro-Last, Elevate, Geocycle, Holcim, Lafarge, Malarkey Roofing Products, and PRB Group brands. The company was formerly known as LafargeHolcim Ltd and changed its name to Holcim AG in May 2021. The company was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
