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James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE: JHX) closed the day trading at $23.80 down -1.86% from the previous closing price of $24.25. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.18 million shares were traded. JHX stock price reached its highest trading level at $24.2849 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.46.
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 13.98 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 29.77. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.67 and its Current Ratio is at 2.18. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.57 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.55.
On December 10, 2024, Truist started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $45.Truist initiated its Buy rating on December 10, 2024, with a $45 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 10809578496 and an Enterprise Value of 10877932544. As of this moment, James’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.68, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.99. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.87. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.781 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.991.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for JHX is 1.79, which has changed by -0.40246046 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10063088 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 $23.31. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -25.91%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -29.53%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, JHX traded about 244.68K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, JHX traded about 1509140 shares per day. A total of 429.79M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 429.40M. Shares short for JHX as of 1740700800 were 37251 with a Short Ratio of 0.15, compared to 1738281600 on 81173. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 37251 and a Short% of Float of 0.01.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.27. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for JHX, which recently paid a dividend on 2022-05-26 with an ex-dividend date of 1653523200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-09-22 when the company split stock in a 5:1 ratio.
