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

27.85 0.81 −2.83%
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) Gross margin

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James Hardie Industries PLC.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 35.9%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (35.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 33.2% (fiscal 2019) to 40.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 26.2% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 35.8% (3.04)
FY2025 38.8% (1.54)
FY2024 40.4% 5.61
FY2023 34.7% (1.60)
FY2022 36.3% 0.18
FY2021 36.2% 0.34
FY2020 35.8% 2.67
FY2019 33.2% (2.39)
FY2018 35.5% 0.43
FY2017 35.1% (1.47)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 37.2% (0.07)
Mar 2026 37.3% 1.13
Dec 2025 36.2% 3.56
Sep 2025 32.6% (4.85)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 33.2% High 40.4%
Ten-year median 35.8%
Current reading's percentile 52

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 47.6%
CRH CRH PLC compare 36.2%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 35.9%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 34.1%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 27.5%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 26.7%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 25.8%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 25.0%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 17.6%
Building Materials industry median 26.2%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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