NYSE:EXP - Eagle Materials Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Eagle Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share on Friday, January 24th. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 9th. View Eagle Materials' Dividend History.

Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The construction company reported $1.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.59 by $0.18. The construction company had revenue of $414.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.38 million. Eagle Materials had a net margin of 3.07% and a return on equity of 18.87%. The business's revenue was up 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.53 EPS. View Eagle Materials' Earnings History.

Eagle Materials is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Eagle Materials.

14 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Eagle Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate Eagle Materials' share price to reach $97.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Eagle Materials.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Eagle Materials.

News headlines about EXP stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Eagle Materials earned a news impact score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Eagle Materials.

Eagle Materials saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,840,000 shares, a drop of 6.1% from the December 15th total of 1,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 330,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 4.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Eagle Materials' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Eagle Materials include HEIDELBERGCEMEN/ADR (HDELY), ANHUI CONCH CEM/ADR (AHCHY), Cemex SAB de CV (CX), Buzzi Unicem (BZZUF), Loma Negra Compania Indl Argentina (LOMA) and Cementos Pacasmayo (CPAC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Eagle Materials investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Nike (NKE), Applied Materials (AMAT), Lam Research (LRCX), Biogen (BIIB), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Netflix (NFLX) and Ulta Beauty (ULTA).

Eagle Materials' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.74%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.26%), Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Eagle Materials stock include Dale Craig Kesler, David B Powers, Ed H Bowman Jr, James H Graass and Keith W Metcalf. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Eagle Materials.

EXP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Eagle Materials company stock in the last year include David B Powers, Ed H Bowman Jr and Keith W Metcalf. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eagle Materials.

EXP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Eagle Materials.

Shares of EXP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.20.

Eagle Materials has a market capitalization of $3.88 billion and generates $1.39 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $68.86 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.05 on an earnings per share basis. Eagle Materials employs 2,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Eagle Materials.

The official website for Eagle Materials is http://www.eaglematerials.com/.

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.