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

27.81 0.85 −2.97%
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) Return on assets

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James Hardie Industries PLC.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 1.44%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (1.10%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.10% (fiscal 2026) to 14.0% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Building Materials industry median of 5.93% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2026 1.10% (7.26)
FY2025 8.36% (2.50)
FY2024 10.9% (0.88)
FY2023 11.7% 0.72
FY2022 11.0% 4.54
FY2021 6.48% 0.49
FY2020 5.99% (1.18)
FY2019 7.17% 0.47
FY2018 6.70% (6.98)
FY2017 13.7% 1.68

Against its own ten years

Low 1.10% High 14.0%
Ten-year median 9.61%
Current reading's percentile 8

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 18.4%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 10.2%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 8.25%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 6.55%
CRH CRH PLC compare 5.93%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 5.10%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 3.37%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 2.20%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 1.44%
Building Materials industry median 5.93%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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