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Eagle Materials Inc (NYSE: EXP) closed the day trading at $220.69 down -8.79% from the previous closing price of $241.95. In other words, the price has decreased by -$8.79 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.03 million shares were traded. EXP stock price reached its highest trading level at $232.96 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $219.545.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of EXP, 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 360.11 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.87. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.03 and its Current Ratio is at 2.73. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.85 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.84.
Jefferies Downgraded its Buy to Hold on December 16, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $330 to $310.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 10 ’25 when NICOLAIS MICHAEL R bought 310 shares for $257.36 per share. The transaction valued at 79,781 led to the insider holds 3,655 shares of the business.
Cribbs Eric sold 1,000 shares of EXP for $319,640 on Nov 25 ’24. The President (American Gypsum) now owns 12,937 shares after completing the transaction at $319.64 per share. On Nov 22 ’24, another insider, Kesler Dale Craig, who serves as the EVP and CFO of the company, sold 5,000 shares for $310.04 each. As a result, the insider received 1,550,192 and left with 60,488 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EXP now has a Market Capitalization of 7346240512 and an Enterprise Value of 9064546304. As of this moment, Eagle’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.79. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.07. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.25 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.998 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.747.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EXP is 1.34, which has changed by -0.07583749 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11936104 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EXP has reached a high of $321.93, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $201.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.18%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.83%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, EXP traded about 394.67K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, EXP traded about 401110 shares per day. A total of 32.97M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 32.88M. Insiders hold about 1.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.14% stake in the company. Shares short for EXP as of 1745971200 were 1387866 with a Short Ratio of 3.52, compared to 1743379200 on 1233804. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1387866 and a Short% of Float of 4.79.
Dividends & Splits
EXP’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.00, up from 0.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.42. The current Payout Ratio is 7.26% for EXP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-17 with an ex-dividend date of 1742169600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-02-27 when the company split stock in a 3:1 ratio.
