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) Operating margin

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James Hardie Industries PLC.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.73%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (9.26%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.26% (fiscal 2026) to 20.5% (fiscal 2016) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Building Materials industry median of 14.5% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 9.26% (7.66)
FY2025 16.9% (2.58)
FY2024 19.5% (0.13)
FY2023 19.6% 0.75
FY2022 18.9% 2.63
FY2021 16.3% 3.11
FY2020 13.1% (0.89)
FY2019 14.0% 2.87
FY2018 11.2% (9.30)
FY2017 20.5% (0.02)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 14.8% 7.01
Mar 2026 7.75% (6.46)
Dec 2025 14.2% 12.35
Sep 2025 1.86% (13.54)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.26% High 20.5%
Ten-year median 17.9%
Current reading's percentile 12

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 41.2%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 22.6%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 20.3%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 18.2%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 15.6%
CRH CRH PLC compare 13.9%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 9.73%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 9.21%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 8.12%
Building Materials industry median 14.5%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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