Eagle Materials - EXP Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" EXP shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Eagle Materials' shares. Their EXP share price forecasts range from $140.00 to $168.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $151.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Eagle Materials' stock was trading at $132.85 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, EXP stock has increased by 7.9% and is now trading at $143.38.
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Eagle Materials saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 681,900 shares, a decline of 17.1% from the February 28th total of 822,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 271,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.9% 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 Thursday, May 18th 2023.
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Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The construction company reported $3.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.19 by $0.01. The construction company earned $511.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $532.95 million. Eagle Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.27% and a net margin of 20.83%. The company's revenue was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.53 EPS.

Eagle Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 16th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction ETF (PKB), WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF), Ballast Small/Mid Cap ETF (MGMT), SRH U.S. Quality ETF (SRHQ), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (LSAF), 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 0.72%. The dividend payout ratio is 8.64%. 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."

Eagle Materials' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Neuberger Berman Group LLC (4.70%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.72%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.92%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.78%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%). Insiders that own company stock include Dale Craig Kesler, David B Powers, David B Powers, Ed H Bowman Jr, Eric Cribbs, F William Barnett, George John Damiris, James H Graass, Martin M Ellen, Michael Haack, Richard Ross Stewart, Robert S Stewart, Steven L Wentzel, Tony Thompson, William R Devlin and William R Devlin.
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One share of EXP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $143.38.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) has a market capitalization of $5.17 billion and generates $1.86 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $374.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.57 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.