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James Hardie Industries plc (NYSE: JHX) closed the day trading at $29.27 down -1.31% from the previous closing price of $29.66. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.56 million shares were traded. JHX stock price reached its highest trading level at $29.64 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.1601.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of JHX, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.67 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 48.04. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.67 and its Current Ratio is at 2.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.56 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.54.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on August 08, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $34.
On July 11, 2025, Robert W. Baird started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $32.Robert W. Baird initiated its Outperform rating on July 11, 2025, with a $32 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, JHX now has a Market Capitalization of 16940423168 and an Enterprise Value of 13227199488. As of this moment, James’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.89, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.57. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.33. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.37 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.411 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.287.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for JHX is 1.77, which has changed by -0.14540148 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, JHX has reached a high of $43.57, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.72. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.81%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.58%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, JHX traded about 6.00M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, JHX traded about 4155610 shares per day. A total of 578.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 576.04M. Insiders hold about 0.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 9.03% stake in the company.
