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) P/B ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX) trades at a P/B ratio of 2.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2018) to 15.2× (September 2021); the current reading is higher than 38% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 2.4× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2026 1.6× (65.99%)
FY2025 4.7× (50.35%)
FY2024 9.5× 58.14%
FY2023 6.0× (40.58%)
FY2022 10.1× (21.32%)
FY2021 12.8× 149.74%
FY2020 5.1× (13.46%)
FY2019 5.9× —
FY2018 0.0× —
FY2017 0.0× —

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Jun 2026 2.3× 45.45%
Mar 2026 1.6× (15.03%)
Dec 2025 1.9× 7.12%
Sep 2025 1.8× (65.76%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 15.2×
Ten-year median 5.9×
Current reading's percentile 12

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 1.2×
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 1.8×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 1.9×
CRH CRH PLC compare 2.4×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 2.6×
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 3.0×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 3.8×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 4.4×
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 4.7×
Building Materials industry median 2.4×
Basic Materials sector median 1.7×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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