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) Free cash flow margin

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James Hardie Industries PLC.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.59%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (6.50%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.84% (fiscal 2015) to 23.3% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 7.85% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 6.50% (3.33)
FY2025 9.83% (2.09)
FY2024 11.9% 11.12
FY2023 0.80% (13.02)
FY2022 13.8% (9.48)
FY2021 23.3% 13.12
FY2020 10.2% 10.72
FY2019 −0.54% (5.71)
FY2018 5.17% (4.73)
FY2017 9.90% (1.53)

Against its own ten years

Low −5.84% High 23.3%
Ten-year median 9.87%
Current reading's percentile 42

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 26.0%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 12.1%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 10.0%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 9.10%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 8.59%
CRH CRH PLC compare 7.22%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 6.65%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 0.30%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 0.00%
Building Materials industry median 7.85%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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