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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX) trades at a price to free cash flow of 36.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2023) to 406× (June 2023); the current reading is higher than 51% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 32.2× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 32.7× 22.64%
FY2025 26.6× (28.92%)
FY2024 37.5× (88.18%)
FY2023 317× 795.16%
FY2022 35.4× 76.89%
FY2021 20.0× 0.20%
FY2020 20.0× —
FY2019 0.0× —
FY2018 72.8× 98.03%
FY2017 36.8× 19.73%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 32.7× 0.09%
Mar 2026 32.7× (13.75%)
Dec 2025 37.9× 2.55%
Sep 2025 36.9× 37.20%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 406×
Ten-year median 35.6×
Current reading's percentile 51

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 17.9×
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 20.8×
CRH CRH PLC compare 22.6×
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 34.6×
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 36.0×
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 37.4×
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 39.2×
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 45.8×
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 324×
Building Materials industry median 32.2×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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