JHXJames Hardie Industries plc

$29.87

Is the price fair?

What JHX's price assumes

James Hardie Industries plc trades at 157× earnings against 18.0× for the median Building Materials name, more expensive than its own group.

157

Trailing P/E · Building Materials median 18.0 · 8.71× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
0.63

Price / sales · as of 2026-FY

Free cash flow yield
1.4%

Free cash flow yield · Building Materials median 2.6%

Growth the price implies
+23%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +23% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +133% a year over the last three.

Details
Price / book2026-FY
1.61
EV / EBIT2026-FY
5.59
EV / sales2026-FY
0.89
Basic Materials median P/E159 names
22.3
Building Materials median P/E12 names
18.0
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$206M
Market capitalisation
$15.1B
3-year revenue growth
+8.6%
3-year free cash flow growth
+133%

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.