James Hardie Industries (JHX) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for James Hardie Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" JHX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in JHX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for James Hardie Industries' shares. Their JHX share price forecasts range from $29.80 to $29.80. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $29.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.5% from the stock's current price.
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James Hardie Industries' stock was trading at $17.94 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, JHX shares have increased by 43.8% and is now trading at $25.80.
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James Hardie Industries saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 37,700 shares, a decline of 29.8% from the April 30th total of 53,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 62,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 21st 2023.
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James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE:JHX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 13th. The construction company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.07. The construction company had revenue of $860.80 million for the quarter. James Hardie Industries had a net margin of 13.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.54%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.34 earnings per share.

R3 Global Dividend Growth ETF holds 1,796 shares of JHX stock, representing 0.62% of its portfolio.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other James Hardie Industries investors own include General Mills (GIS), General Motors (GM), International Business Machines (IBM), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Pfizer (PFE), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Actinium Pharmaceuticals (ATNM) and BCE (BCE).

James Hardie Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "JHX."

James Hardie Industries' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of America Corp DE (0.26%), BlackRock Inc. (0.16%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.04%), FMR LLC (0.02%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.02%) and Wetherby Asset Management Inc. (0.01%).

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One share of JHX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.80.

James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) has a market capitalization of $11.41 billion and generates $3.78 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $512 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,473 workers across the globe.

James Hardie Industries' mailing address is EUROPA HOUSE SECOND FLOOR HARCOURT CENTRE HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN L2, DUBLIN 2. The official website for the company is www.ir.jameshardie.com.au. The construction company can be reached via phone at (531) 411-6924, via email at investor.relations@jameshardie.com, or via fax at 353-1479-1128.