Eagle Materials - EXP Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" EXP shares.
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11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Eagle Materials' shares. Their EXP share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $193.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $160.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.3% from the stock's current price.
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Eagle Materials' stock was trading at $166.46 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, EXP stock has decreased by 35.6% and is now trading at $107.18.
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Eagle Materials saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,280,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the August 31st total of 1,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 334,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The construction company reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.73 by $0.09. The construction company had revenue of $561.39 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $561.82 million. Eagle Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 33.25% and a net margin of 19.72%.

Eagle Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 15th.
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Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.94%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EXP will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.94% 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 $107.18.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) has a market capitalization of $4.04 billion and generates $1.86 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $374.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.64 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,200 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.