James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX) kicked off on Tuesday, up 6.83% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $16.69. Over the past 52 weeks, JHX has traded in a range of $16.46-$37.65.
Basic Materials Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 12.45% over the last five years. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -34.46%. With a float of $577.19 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $579.19 million.
James Hardie Industries plc (JHX) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Building Materials Industry. The insider ownership of James Hardie Industries plc is 0.34%, while institutional ownership is 37.54%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 28 ’25, was worth 618,258.
James Hardie Industries plc (JHX) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.25 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -34.46% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 0.61% during the next five years compared to 12.45% growth over the previous five years of trading.
James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at James Hardie Industries plc’s (JHX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.23. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.51. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 37.01.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.48, a number that is poised to hit 0.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.17 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of James Hardie Industries plc (JHX)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [James Hardie Industries plc, JHX], we can find that recorded value of 8.61 million was better than the volume posted last year of 4.91 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 25.43%.
During the past 100 days, James Hardie Industries plc’s (JHX) raw stochastic average was set at 10.25%, which indicates a significant decrease from 28.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.57 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.70 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $19.92, while its 200-day Moving Average is $24.68. Now, the first resistance to watch is $18.42. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $19.02. The third major resistance level sits at $19.38. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.46, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.10. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $16.50.
James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 10.33 billion has total of 429,856K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 3,878 M in contrast with the sum of 424,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 899,900 K and last quarter income was 62,600 K.
