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Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC)

Basic Materials

No action
Fundamental
4
Sentiment
4
Technical
4

Do Nothing: liquidity is far below the tradeable floor — 20-day average dollar volume ~$0.53M vs the $5M floor, and recent 3-session regular-session dollar volume ~$0.44M vs the $1.5M recent-liquidity floor; orders and a protective stop cannot execute at fair prices in this name.

Analysis as of 2026-08-29· more than 2 trading days ago

Company overview

Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. is a Peruvian company specializing in the production, distribution, and sale of cement and related building materials. It operates through three main business units: Cement, Concrete and Precast Products, and Quicklime. The company also distributes construction materials from external manufacturers and serves a wide range of customers, including retailers and government entities.

Fundamental

good
Fundamental4
Solid fundamentals

Cementos Pacasmayo shows strong financial health with improving leverage and a clean audit, supported by a significant earnings recovery.

Solid Peruvian cement franchise with an inflecting 2026 trajectory: H1 revenue +13%, net income +58%, TTM ROE 16%+, ~11% free-cash-flow yield, improving leverage and a clean audit. Holcim's control acquisition brings an imminent any-and-all tender offer as a near-term catalyst, offset by stated delisting intent, an SMV inquiry into change-of-control bonuses, and Peru political/energy risks.

Sentiment

good
Sentiment4
Event-driven support

Sentiment is positive due to Holcim's tender offer, though tempered by delisting plans and regulatory inquiries.

A live, regulator-confirmed Holcim any-and-all public tender offer (SEC 13D/A 2026-06-17; 6-Ks 2026-08-13 and 2026-08-25) is the dominant near-term driver, with acquisition terms detailed 2026-08-25 after a Peruvian regulator query and a mildly positive 14-day media tape (aggregate polarity ≈ +0.17, no bearish items); the sentiment delta is indeterminate per the Sparse Baseline Rule, the Red-Flag Screen is clean, and no caps apply.

Technical

good
Technical4
Strong trend, low liquidity

The stock exhibits a strong bullish trend, but liquidity constraints prevent effective trading.

Score 4 (strong setup, one weak signal): multiple bullish confirmations across trend and momentum — price above all moving averages, MACD line positive and above a positive signal line, RSI14 64.3, Williams %R -19.2, ADX14 63.2 in a rising-price structure — with thin volume as the one weak signal. The chart is genuinely strong, but tradability is disqualified by liquidity: the $5M 20-day dollar-volume floor and the $1.5M recent-session floor both fail by an order of magnitude, so no trade plan is built (setupType no_setup).

You’re looking at 2026-08-29 — more than 2 trading days ago.

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