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JHX vs. VMC, MLM, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, SKY, ACA, 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), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), Tecnoglass (TGLS), and Crane NXT (CXT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

James Hardie Industries vs.

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

Vulcan Materials received 384 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.84% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 61.17% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
James Hardie IndustriesOutperform Votes
252
61.17%
Underperform Votes
160
38.83%
Vulcan MaterialsOutperform Votes
636
65.84%
Underperform Votes
330
34.16%

James Hardie Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. James Hardie Industries pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vulcan Materials has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. James Hardie Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 30 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 9 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.90 indicating that Vulcan Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
James Hardie Industries$3.91B2.75$510.20M$1.0124.80
Vulcan Materials$7.51B4.81$933.20M$7.0538.73

Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.30% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 11.15%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 33.65% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
James Hardie Industries11.15% 33.65% 13.44%
Vulcan Materials 12.30%12.83%6.74%

James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus price target of $42.45, suggesting a potential upside of 69.49%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus price target of $302.91, suggesting a potential upside of 10.94%. Given James Hardie Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
James Hardie Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats James Hardie Industries on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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JHX vs. The Competition

MetricJames Hardie IndustriesConcrete products IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.76B$4.11B$8.87B$19.75B
Dividend YieldN/A2.05%2.05%3.84%
P/E Ratio24.7932.7817.0735.19
Price / Sales2.751.8271.6634.06
Price / Cash15.8826.4721.3017.51
Price / Book5.125.104.734.79
Net Income$510.20M$197.74M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.49%-1.66%-0.64%1.17%
1 Month Performance10.79%6.90%10.76%11.40%
1 Year Performance-31.63%-12.85%87.65%5.42%

James Hardie Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.7554 of 5 stars
$24.90
-1.4%
$42.45
+70.5%
-31.4%$10.70B$3.91B24.653,257Gap Up
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.4408 of 5 stars
$272.22
+1.0%
$297.45
+9.3%
+6.4%$35.96B$7.51B39.7411,400News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.6093 of 5 stars
$553.36
+2.1%
$599.69
+8.4%
-2.1%$33.36B$6.64B17.129,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CX
CEMEX
3.2171 of 5 stars
$6.56
+2.3%
$7.58
+15.6%
-11.3%$9.50B$15.91B10.4043,500Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EXP
Eagle Materials
3.6795 of 5 stars
$239.57
+4.1%
$274.40
+14.5%
-5.5%$7.97B$2.27B17.112,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.7318 of 5 stars
$57.50
+12.1%
$77.17
+34.2%
-25.2%$6.92B$4.53B15.3311,200News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.7621 of 5 stars
$75.77
+1.7%
$100.40
+32.5%
-6.6%$5.85B$6.01B-360.8111,000
SKY
Skyline Champion
0.6049 of 5 stars
$92.45
+3.1%
$88.40
-4.4%
+12.5%$5.30B$2.43B32.558,400News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ACA
Arcosa
4.1847 of 5 stars
$90.53
+4.1%
$105.50
+16.5%
+1.4%$4.42B$2.60B34.425,230News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.193 of 5 stars
$86.75
+5.1%
$77.40
-10.8%
+58.0%$4.08B$890.18M27.116,910Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CXT
Crane NXT
3.7849 of 5 stars
$55.32
+4.8%
$78.33
+41.6%
-9.5%$3.17B$1.50B17.3411,000Positive News
Gap Up

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