James Hardie Industries PLC.

JHX Basic Materials Building Materials

Revenue
+63.9%
EPS
+20.0%
Free cash flow
+145.1%
Total debt
+73.2%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

28.80 0.72 −2.44%
Market cap
$16.6B
P/E
115×
Fwd P/E
23.7×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.55
Beneish M
−1.87
Dividend safety
n/a

James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX) Debt to equity

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James Hardie Industries PLC.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.7×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2026 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.0× (fiscal 2018) to 1.4× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 0.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.7× 38.97%
FY2025 0.5× (14.09%)
FY2024 0.6× (9.70%)
FY2023 0.7× (0.09%)
FY2022 0.7× (18.35%)
FY2021 0.8× (38.08%)
FY2020 1.3× (6.54%)
FY2019 1.4× —
FY2018 −4.0× —
FY2017 −2.9× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.7× (7.28%)
Mar 2026 0.7× (2.13%)
Dec 2025 0.7× (8.89%)
Sep 2025 0.8× (27.74%)
41 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −4.0× High 1.4×
Ten-year median 0.6×
Current reading's percentile 75

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 0.0×
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 0.4×
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 0.5×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 0.5×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 0.7×
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 0.7×
CRH CRH PLC compare 0.8×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 0.9×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 1.1×
Building Materials industry median 0.5×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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