Eagle Materials - EXP Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last year. There are currently 3 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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9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Eagle Materials' stock. Their EXP share price forecasts range from $130.00 to $193.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $150.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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Eagle Materials' stock was trading at $166.46 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, EXP stock has decreased by 17.6% and is now trading at $137.22.
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Eagle Materials saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 949,800 shares, a decline of 11.2% from the October 31st total of 1,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 26th. The construction company reported $3.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.58 by $0.14. The construction company earned $605.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $603.60 million. Eagle Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.

Eagle Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Thursday, January 12th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 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 0.75%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 9.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EXP will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.08% 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.43%), BlackRock Inc. (8.79%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (4.57%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.89%), State Street Corp (2.79%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.70%). Insiders that own company 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, William R Devlin and William R Devlin.
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Shares of EXP stock 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 $137.22.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) has a market capitalization of $5.06 billion and generates $1.86 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $374.25 million in net income (profit) each year or $10.90 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.