Eagle Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Eagle Materials in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 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 June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,040,000 shares, a drop of 25.2% from the June 15th total of 1,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 432,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 28th. The construction company reported $2.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.14. 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 Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EXP stock has increased by 124.9% and is now trading at $143.09.
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Eagle Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, July 16th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 17th. This is a positive change from Eagle Materials's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.
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Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.71%. 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 9.92% next year. This indicates that Eagle Materials will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Eagle Materials' stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Eagle Materials' share price to reach $154.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% 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.

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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 shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.02%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.89%), Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. (0.70%), RWC Asset Management LLP (0.68%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.67%) and Clark Capital Management Group Inc. (0.56%). Company insiders that own Eagle Materials stock include Dale Craig Kesler, 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 Scout Investments Inc., Schwab Charitable Fund, RWC Asset Management LLP, Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Victory Capital Management Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, and Skylands Capital LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd., Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA, Brinker Capital Investments LLC, Benson Investment Management Company Inc., Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc., Bfsg LLC, Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd., and New York State Common Retirement Fund.
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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 $143.09.

Eagle Materials has a market capitalization of $5.99 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.