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$28.77 +0.42 (+1.48%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern
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JHX vs. VMC, MLM, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, ACA, TGLS, SKY, 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), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Champion Homes (SKY), and Crane NXT (CXT). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

James Hardie Industries vs. Its Competitors

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

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$3.88B3.19$424M$0.9829.36
Vulcan Materials$7.42B4.74$911.90M$7.0537.76

James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 2 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 13 mentions for James Hardie Industries. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.36 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vulcan Materials
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

James Hardie Industries currently has a consensus price target of $39.12, suggesting a potential upside of 35.96%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus price target of $302.91, suggesting a potential upside of 13.77%. Given James Hardie Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.50% 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
James Hardie Industries10.94% 31.52% 12.86%
Vulcan Materials 12.50%12.91%6.61%

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats James Hardie Industries on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JHX vs. The Competition

MetricJames Hardie IndustriesBLDG&CONST IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.37B$10.72B$9.28B$20.64B
Dividend YieldN/A1.70%2.01%3.74%
P/E Ratio29.3619.8316.6628.10
Price / Sales3.192.11120.8954.30
Price / Cash14.1614.0214.9322.31
Price / Book5.723.844.704.59
Net Income$424M$580.08M$619.52M$986.06M
7 Day Performance4.68%4.10%2.09%2.79%
1 Month Performance12.47%8.09%4.97%5.41%
1 Year Performance-11.31%14.43%106.65%14.62%

James Hardie Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.2616 of 5 stars
$28.77
+1.5%
$39.12
+36.0%
-11.3%$12.37B$3.88B29.365,860High Trading Volume
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.6071 of 5 stars
$260.67
-0.6%
$302.91
+16.2%
+9.3%$34.63B$7.42B33.8711,436Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
3.9078 of 5 stars
$548.70
-0.2%
$603.86
+10.1%
+4.6%$33.16B$6.54B30.809,400Positive News
CX
Cemex
2.2845 of 5 stars
$6.92
+1.6%
$7.58
+9.5%
+15.7%$9.87B$16.20B12.3845,649
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.5684 of 5 stars
$202.04
-1.3%
$254.44
+25.9%
-1.5%$6.68B$2.26B14.682,500Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4863 of 5 stars
$51.52
+0.4%
$77.17
+49.8%
-15.6%$6.17B$4.61B12.9511,000
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.6571 of 5 stars
$73.33
+0.5%
$100.40
+36.9%
-0.7%$5.61B$6.17B102.829,700Positive News
ACA
Arcosa
3.5994 of 5 stars
$86.77
-1.4%
$104.00
+19.9%
+9.8%$4.30B$2.57B31.776,250Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.557 of 5 stars
$77.52
-0.5%
$83.00
+7.1%
+54.0%$3.64B$919.84M24.236,910
SKY
Champion Homes
1.3654 of 5 stars
$62.77
+0.3%
$80.60
+28.4%
+0.0%$3.58B$2.48B17.739,000Positive News
CXT
Crane NXT
3.7853 of 5 stars
$53.90
+0.3%
$73.75
+36.8%
-3.8%$3.08B$1.49B13.574,500News Coverage
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