James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) has a beta value of 1.73 and has seen 6.0 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $10.59B, closed the last trade at $24.63 per share which meant it gained $0.11 on the day or 0.45% during that session. The JHX stock price is -76.9% off its 52-week high price of $43.57 and 19.94% above the 52-week low of $19.72. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.71 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 4.13 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) trade information
Sporting 0.45% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the JHX stock price touched $24.63 or saw a rise of 4.05%. Year-to-date, James Hardie Industries plc ADR shares have moved -21.46%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.53%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) have changed 3.66%. Short interest in the company has seen 30.26 million shares shorted with days to cover at 10.42.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $36.17, which means that the shares’ value could jump 31.9% from current levels. The projected low price target is $27.35 while the price target rests at a high of $45.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -82.7% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -11.04% from current levels.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -24.29% over the past 6 months.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 12.44% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 0.40% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 10.63%.
JHX Dividends
James Hardie Industries plc ADR is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-20 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX)’s Major holders
Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with James Hardie Industries plc ADR having a total of 194.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are MORGAN STANLEY with over 1.96 million shares worth more than $61.96 million. As of 2024-06-30, MORGAN STANLEY held 0.4536% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, with the holding of over 0.98 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $30.81 million and represent 0.2256% of shares outstanding.
