Eagle Materials (EXP) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EXP shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Eagle Materials' shares. Their EXP share price forecasts range from $149.00 to $230.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $199.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price.
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Eagle Materials' stock was trading at $132.85 at the start of the year. Since then, EXP stock has increased by 25.3% and is now trading at $166.52.
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Eagle Materials saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,310,000 shares, an increase of 47.0% from the August 15th total of 891,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 324,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 3.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 27th. The construction company reported $3.55 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.54 by $0.01. The construction company earned $601.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $603.11 million. Eagle Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.68% and a net margin of 21.82%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.82 earnings per share.

Eagle Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 8th. Investors of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, October 16th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) stock in their portfolio include Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT), Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB), Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD), SRH U.S. Quality ETF (SRHQ), AdvisorShares Insiders Advantage ETF (SURE), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) and iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB).

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.60%. The dividend payout ratio is 7.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EXP will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.44% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 employees have rated Eagle Materials Chief Executive Officer Steve Rowley on Glassdoor.com. Steve Rowley has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Steve Rowley in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Eagle Materials trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EXP."

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One share of EXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $166.52.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) has a market capitalization of $5.90 billion and generates $2.15 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $461.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,400 workers across the globe.

Eagle Materials' mailing address is 5960 BERKSHIRE LANE SUITE 900, DALLAS TX, 75225. The official website for the company is www.eaglematerials.com. The construction company can be reached via phone at (214) 432-2000 or via fax at 214-432-2100.