A share price of James Hardie Industries plc [JHX] is currently trading at $22.87, up 6.13%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The JHX shares have gain 9.90% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 19.93%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
James Hardie Industries plc [NYSE: JHX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 08, 2025, when Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $21. Previously, Vertical Research upgraded its rating to Buy on November 19, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $21. On November 04, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy. Oppenheimer started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $28 on October 29, 2025. Vertical Research initiated its recommendation with a Hold. Wolfe Research started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on September 30, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $25. In a note dated August 21, 2025, UBS downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
James Hardie Industries plc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $16.46 and $34.96. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $24.6 within the next 12 months. James Hardie Industries plc [NYSE: JHX] shares were valued at $22.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.56% based on the average JHX price forecast.
Analyzing the JHX fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for James Hardie Industries plc [NYSE:JHX] were 4.12B which represents 34.49% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.16.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for James Hardie Industries plc [NYSE:JHX] is 1.79. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.23, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.46. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.22, the price to book ratio is 2.10 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 47.91.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Skelly Jonathan, Officer, that happened on Aug 28 ’25 when 30000.0 shares were purchased.
