Eagle Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Eagle Materials stock.
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Eagle Materials saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 30th, there was short interest totaling 948,100 shares, a drop of 20.3% from the July 15th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 444,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Eagle Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The construction company reported $2.25 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.14. The construction company had revenue of $475.77 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $464.36 million. Eagle Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.22% and a net margin of 20.26%.
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Eagle Materials' stock was trading at $63.62 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EXP shares have increased by 112.8% and is now trading at $135.38.
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Eagle Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, October 15th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 16th.
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Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.70%. Eagle Materials does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Eagle Materials is 14.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Eagle Materials will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.85% next year. This indicates that Eagle Materials will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Eagle Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate Eagle Materials' share price to reach $154.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price.
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9 employees have rated Eagle Materials CEO Steve Rowley on Glassdoor.com. Steve Rowley has an approval rating of 100% among Eagle Materials' employees. This puts Steve Rowley in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Eagle Materials include HeidelbergCement (HDELY), CEMEX (CX), Anhui Conch Cement (AHCHY), Buzzi Unicem (BZZUF), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA) and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC).
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Eagle Materials trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EXP."

Eagle Materials' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.69%), BlackRock Inc. (8.53%), FMR LLC (8.15%), Federated Hermes Inc. (4.31%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.26%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (4.15%). Company insiders that own Eagle Materials stock include Dale Craig Kesler, David B Powers, David B Powers, Ed H Bowman Jr, F William Barnett, James H Graass, Keith W Metcalf, Martin M Ellen, Michael Haack, Richard Ross Stewart, Robert S Stewart, Steven L Wentzel and William R Devlin.
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EXP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Scout Investments Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Lazard Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Eagle Materials company stock in the last year include Dale Craig Kesler, David B Powers, Ed H Bowman Jr, F William Barnett, James H Graass, Martin M Ellen, Michael Haack, Richard Ross Stewart, Robert S Stewart, Steven L Wentzel, and William R Devlin.
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EXP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Zurich Insurance Group Ltd FI, Federated Hermes Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., FMR LLC, and Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd..
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Shares of EXP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $135.38.

Eagle Materials has a market capitalization of $5.67 billion and generates $1.62 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $339.44 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.86 on an earnings per share basis.

Eagle Materials employs 2,200 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Eagle Materials: AG DALLAS LLC, AG SOUTH CAROLINA LLC, AMERICAN GYPSUM MARKETING COMPANY LLC, AUDUBON MATERIALS LLC, AUDUBON READYMIX LLC, American Gypsum, CCP CEMENT COMPANY LLC, CCP CONCRETE/AGGREGATES LLC, CCP GYPSUM LLC, CRS PROPPANTS LLC, Centex Materials Llc, EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS HOLDINGS LLC, EAGLE OIL AND GAS PROPPANTS LLC, FAIRBORN CEMENT COMPANY LLC, HOLLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY LLC, ILLINOIS CEMENT COMPANY LLC, KANSAS CITY AGGREGATE LLC, KANSAS CITY FLY ASH LLC, KANSAS CITY READYMIX LLC, MATHEWS READYMIX LLC, MOUNTAIN CEMENT COMPANY LLC, MOUNTAIN LAND & CATTLE COMPANY LLC, NEVADA CEMENT COMPANY LLC, NORTHERN WHITE SAND LLC, REPUBLIC PAPERBOARD COMPANY LLC, RIO GRANDE DRYWALL SUPPLY CO LLC, SKYWAY CEMENT COMPANY LLC, TEXAS CEMENT COMPANY, TEXAS LEHIGH CEMENT COMPANY LP, TLCC GP LLC, TLCC LP LLC, TULSA CEMEMT LLC, and Western Aggregates LLC.

Eagle Materials was founded in 1964.

The official website for Eagle Materials is www.eaglematerials.com.

Eagle Materials is headquartered at 5960 BERKSHIRE LANE SUITE 900, DALLAS TX, 75225.

Eagle Materials' mailing address is 5960 BERKSHIRE LANE SUITE 900, DALLAS TX, 75225. The construction company can be reached via phone at (214) 432-2000.