In the latest trading session,, 1.54 million James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.80. With the company’s most recent per share price at $23.73 changed hands at -$0.56 or -2.31% at last look, the market valuation stands at $10.20B. JHX’s current price is a discount, trading about -83.61% off its 52-week high of $43.57. The share price had its 52-week low at $19.72, which suggests the last value was 16.9% up since then. When we look at James Hardie Industries plc ADR’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.52 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.68 million.
Analysts gave the James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.87. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended JHX as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. James Hardie Industries plc ADR’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) trade information
Instantly JHX was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 8.85%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -22.98%, with the 5-day performance at 8.85% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) is -3.69% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 18.26 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 4.71 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 36.17, meaning bulls need an upside of 34.39% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, JHX’s forecast low is 27.35 with 45 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -89.63% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -15.25% for it to hit the projected low.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -1.32% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 6 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 983.86M. 4 analysts are of the opinion that James Hardie Industries plc ADR’s revenue for the current quarter will be 998.89M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 1B and 991.9M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -2.09%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 0.70%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 17.57%. The 2025 estimates are for James Hardie Industries plc ADR earnings to decrease by -7.73%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 3.82% per year.
JHX Dividends
James Hardie Industries plc ADR is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Feb-17. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.27 per year.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX)’s Major holders
The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 2.69%. There are 2.69% institutions holding the James Hardie Industries plc ADR stock share, with MORGAN STANLEY the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 0.4536% of the shares, roughly 1.96 million JHX shares worth $61.96 million.
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.2256% or 0.98 million shares worth $30.81 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF and iShares Trust-iShares MSCI EAFE ETF . With 2.75 shares estimated at $65.08 million under it, the former controlled 0.64% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares MSCI EAFE ETF held about 0.33% of the shares, roughly 1.43 shares worth around $33.82 million.
