James Hardie Industries (JHX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for James Hardie Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" JHX shares.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for James Hardie Industries' shares. Their JHX share price targets range from $35.50 to $35.50. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $35.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price.
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James Hardie Industries' stock was trading at $38.67 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, JHX shares have decreased by 10.1% and is now trading at $34.75.
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James Hardie Industries saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 35,700 shares, a drop of 24.4% from the March 15th total of 47,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 46,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 21st 2024.
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James Hardie Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, May 20th at 7:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE:JHX) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 12th. The construction company reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.02. The construction company earned $978.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $960.23 million. James Hardie Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.75% and a net margin of 13.93%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.29 earnings per share.

James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.00%. The dividend payout ratio is 17.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, JHX will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.73% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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R3 Global Dividend Growth ETF holds 4,271 shares of JHX stock, representing 1.28% of its portfolio.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other James Hardie Industries investors own include General Mills (GIS), General Motors (GM), International Business Machines (IBM), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Pfizer (PFE), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM) and BCE (BCE).

James Hardie Industries' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DGS Capital Management LLC (0.00%), Ballentine Partners LLC (0.00%), GAMMA Investing LLC (0.00%) and Atlas Capital Advisors LLC (0.00%).

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