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NYSE:JHX

James Hardie Industries (JHX) Competitors

$24.88
+0.02 (+0.08%)
(As of 05/26/2023 07:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$24.69
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$25.23
50-Day Range
$20.26
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$25.00
52-Week Range
$17.25
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$26.31
Volume
25,100 shs
Average Volume
75,315 shs
Market Capitalization
$11.00 billion
P/E Ratio
21.63
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$29.80
ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media

JHX vs. ACM, MAS, RPM, LII, OC, FND, WSO.B, WSO, CX, and KBR

Should you be buying James Hardie Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of James Hardie Industries include AECOM (ACM), Masco (MAS), RPM International (RPM), Lennox International (LII), Owens Corning (OC), Floor & Decor (FND), Watsco (WSO.B), Watsco (WSO), CEMEX (CX), and KBR (KBR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

James Hardie Industries vs.

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

In the previous week, AECOM had 8 more articles in the media than James Hardie Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for AECOM and 3 mentions for James Hardie Industries. James Hardie Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat AECOM's score of 0.39 indicating that James Hardie Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
James Hardie Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AECOM
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

James Hardie Industries presently has a consensus target price of $29.80, suggesting a potential upside of 19.77%. AECOM has a consensus target price of $99.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.47%. Given AECOM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AECOM is more favorable than James Hardie Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
James Hardie Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
AECOM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AECOM has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

James Hardie Industries has a net margin of 13.56% compared to AECOM's net margin of 2.75%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 40.54% beat AECOM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
James Hardie Industries 13.56% 40.54% 14.10%
AECOM 2.75% 18.72% 4.40%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
James Hardie Industries$3.78 billion2.91$512 million$1.1521.63
AECOM$13.15 billion0.81$310.61 million$2.6529.08

1.2% of James Hardie Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of AECOM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AECOM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

AECOM received 261 more outperform votes than James Hardie Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.80% of users gave AECOM an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave James Hardie Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
James Hardie IndustriesOutperform Votes
229
61.07%
Underperform Votes
146
38.93%
AECOMOutperform Votes
490
63.80%
Underperform Votes
278
36.20%

Summary

AECOM beats James Hardie Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

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MetricJames Hardie IndustriesConcrete products IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.00B$4.72B$6.20B$14.38B
Dividend YieldN/A10.83%3.05%4.08%
P/E Ratio21.6336.0911.8717.84
Price / Sales2.911.707.698.86
Price / Cash14.1412.9213.9715.14
Price / Book6.823.242.936.91
Net Income$512M$504.15M$552.91M$895.50M
7 Day Performance-0.48%-1.23%-0.97%-1.51%
1 Month Performance11.77%-2.27%0.62%-1.97%
1 Year Performance-5.00%-13.20%3.27%-10.22%

James Hardie Industries Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACM
AECOM
2.6443 of 5 stars		$78.31
-1.4%		$99.00
+26.4%		+8.1%$10.89B$13.15B29.5550,000Analyst Downgrade
MAS
Masco
2.4594 of 5 stars		$51.12
-1.8%		$58.71
+14.9%		-12.2%$11.51B$8.68B14.3219,000
RPM
RPM International
2.7463 of 5 stars		$79.52
-0.3%		$92.10
+15.8%		-11.9%$10.25B$6.71B19.4916,751Analyst Revision
LII
Lennox International
2.0077 of 5 stars		$275.42
-2.0%		$261.58
-5.0%		+32.6%$9.78B$4.72B19.1913,200
OC
Owens Corning
2.0481 of 5 stars		$108.12
-1.5%		$106.23
-1.7%		+12.7%$9.74B$9.76B7.8219,000
FND
Floor & Decor
1.4345 of 5 stars		$90.71
+0.2%		$92.00
+1.4%		+17.8%$9.64B$4.26B32.7511,985Short Interest ↑
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WSO.B
Watsco
0 of 5 stars		$319.30
-3.4%		N/A+23.2%$12.44B$7.27B20.815,200
WSO
Watsco
1.6868 of 5 stars		$319.92
-2.4%		$345.57
+8.0%		+27.5%$12.46B$7.27B20.867,275
CX
CEMEX
2.5698 of 5 stars		$6.17
-2.7%		$6.28
+1.7%		+37.9%$8.94B$15.58B10.2843,853Short Interest ↓
KBR
KBR
2.2266 of 5 stars		$58.78
-0.2%		$66.33
+12.9%		+17.1%$7.98B$6.55B25.7830,000

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