JHX — James Hardie Industries plc
Basic Materials · ETF XLB · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
James Hardie Industries plc
NYQ
Basic Materials · Building Materials
James Hardie is a manufacturer of fiber cement-based building products, selling primarily to the residential construction industry. North America is the primary geography, generating about 80% of group earnings. Here, it is the largest manufacturer of fiber cement, which is mainly used for exterior siding on houses. Following the Azek acquisition in 2025, it also produces wooden composite decking materials, siding trims, and accessories for outdoor areas including stair and deck railing. Businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, make up the rest of earnings.
Price & today
$25.82
ATR(14) 1.05 (4.08%)
| Stock today | -0.35% |
| Sector ETF today | -1.42% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | +1.07% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLB | 0.18 |
| 60-day correlation with XLB | 0.44 |
| Status | DECOUPLING |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $27.51 |
| 20 EMA | $28.23 |
| 50 EMA | $27.81 |
| EMA stack | NEUTRAL |
| RSI(14) | 32.2 |
| 52-week high distance | -16.01% |
| 52-week low distance | +56.87% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (17d) |
| Sector rank | #89 |
| Next earnings | 2026-11-05 (TNS, 47d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
9.7
ADR%
3.3
RMV (tight)
72.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
-2.3
Rel Vol
795.0%
U/D 50d
0.57
U/D 25d
0.22
Accum/Dist 25d
2 / 9
EPS YoY
-
LoD dist
46.0
Off 52w High
17.8%
Above 52w Low
56.9%
1W / 1M
-9.3 / -14.5
Avg $Vol 50d
247.3M
Mkt Cap (B)
15.0
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
YES
Sector XLB
-1.9% 1W
Base len (VCP)
22wk (7/13)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
not available: eps_yoy(no report 300-420d back)
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
117.4
Fwd P/E
16.1
PEG
1.4
Price/Book
2.7
Profit margin
2.7%
ROE
3.3%
Debt/Equity
69.1
Rev growth
+63.9%
Analyst target
$35 (+37%)
Analyst rating
STRONG_BUY
Institutional %
49.2%
Insider %
0.4%
Float %
94.0%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
134 / 147
Industry
Building Materials
Float
545.5M
Float turnover 20d
2.1%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
323.2M / 247.3M
Days to cover
2.6
Short % float
3.4%
Institutional %
49.2%
Weinstein stage
2
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug-13 | 0.12 | - | - | - |
| Nov-13 | 0.13 | - | - | - |
| Feb-14 | 0.10 | - | - | - |
| May-14 | 0.10 | +43% | - | - |
| Aug-25 | 0.29 | - | 899.9 | - |
| Nov-25 | 0.26 | - | - | - |
| Feb-26 | 0.24 | - | - | - |
| May-26 | 0.30 | - | - | - |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 03 · Is Fluor (FLR) Stock Outpacing Its Construction Peers This Year? Yahoo
- Sep 01 · William Blair Says These Stocks Are Must-Own Picks Yahoo
- Sep 01 · Wall Street Lunch: Equities Dance To Bonds' Tune SeekingAlpha
- Aug 28 · James Hardie Industries (JHX) Price Target Increased by 16.67% to 32.95 Fintel
- Aug 26 · Engaging In Options Activity, Jesse Singh Exercises Options Valued At $10.22M In James Hardie Industries Benzinga
- Aug 26 · James Hardie Q1: A Good Start To The Year, But I Wouldn't Be Adding Here SeekingAlpha
- Aug 20 + James Hardie Selling European Fermacell Business for $980 Million to Holcim WSJ
- Aug 20 · James Hardie Announces Strategic Divestiture of European Operations, Including Sale of Fermacell to Holcim for €840 Million Business Wire