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$29.29 -0.37 (-1.25%)
Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$29.28 -0.02 (-0.05%)
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JHX vs. VMC, MLM, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, ACA, SKY, TGLS, and CXT

Should you be buying James Hardie Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Hardie Industries include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Cemex (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Crane NXT (CXT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

James Hardie Industries vs. Its Competitors

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Vulcan Materials presently has a consensus price target of $304.27, suggesting a potential upside of 3.58%. James Hardie Industries has a consensus price target of $36.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.20%. Given James Hardie Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
James Hardie Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 10 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 10 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.39 indicating that Vulcan Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vulcan Materials
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
James Hardie Industries
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.52% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 10.94%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 31.52% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vulcan Materials12.52% 12.81% 6.41%
James Hardie Industries 10.94%31.52%12.86%

Vulcan Materials has higher revenue and earnings than James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vulcan Materials$7.42B5.23$911.90M$7.1641.03
James Hardie Industries$3.88B3.25$424M$0.9829.89

Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats James Hardie Industries on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JHX vs. The Competition

MetricJames Hardie IndustriesBLDG&CONST IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.75B$11.11B$9.59B$21.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.55%1.91%3.56%
P/E Ratio29.8921.4816.2128.02
Price / Sales3.252.20120.5257.05
Price / Cash14.8115.5915.4623.95
Price / Book5.827.384.645.26
Net Income$424M$580.08M$616.85M$994.11M
7 Day Performance3.64%3.86%2.59%2.09%
1 Month Performance12.12%11.06%6.19%2.35%
1 Year Performance-10.59%13.36%106.12%13.36%

James Hardie Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHX
James Hardie Industries
4.1142 of 5 stars
$29.29
-1.2%
$36.67
+25.2%
-8.7%$12.75B$3.88B29.895,860
VMC
Vulcan Materials
3.6724 of 5 stars
$282.09
+2.6%
$304.27
+7.9%
+21.1%$36.33B$7.42B39.4011,436Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.1078 of 5 stars
$602.49
+4.3%
$605.93
+0.6%
+16.7%$34.84B$6.54B34.719,400Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CX
Cemex
3.464 of 5 stars
$8.20
-2.4%
$7.91
-3.5%
+33.3%$12.17B$16.20B8.0345,649
EXP
Eagle Materials
3.8899 of 5 stars
$223.15
+1.2%
$255.33
+14.4%
-3.6%$7.15B$2.26B16.432,500
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.5297 of 5 stars
$56.30
+0.8%
$75.91
+34.8%
-21.7%$6.71B$4.61B14.6911,000Positive News
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.6344 of 5 stars
$70.14
+0.5%
$100.00
+42.6%
-11.7%$5.35B$6.17B0.009,700
ACA
Arcosa
4.225 of 5 stars
$83.86
+0.2%
$104.00
+24.0%
+16.6%$4.08B$2.57B52.746,250Insider Trade
SKY
Champion Homes
1.9169 of 5 stars
$65.42
+0.9%
$80.60
+23.2%
-15.1%$3.71B$2.48B18.379,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
TGLS
Tecnoglass
2.9931 of 5 stars
$76.49
+1.3%
$83.00
+8.5%
+37.0%$3.59B$919.84M23.906,910
CXT
Crane NXT
2.5867 of 5 stars
$57.26
+0.3%
$73.75
+28.8%
+7.7%$3.28B$1.49B14.424,500Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:JHX) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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