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) Return on invested capital

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James Hardie Industries PLC.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.17%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (2.66%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.66% (fiscal 2026) to 182.9% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Building Materials industry median of 6.51% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 2.66% (13.73)
FY2025 16.4% (3.70)
FY2024 20.1% 0.48
FY2023 19.6% (3.66)
FY2022 23.3% 4.63
FY2021 18.6% 8.90
FY2020 9.74% (0.19)
FY2019 9.93% (36.09)
FY2018 46.0% (69.95)
FY2017 116.0% 4.34

Against its own ten years

Low 2.66% High 182.9%
Ten-year median 19.9%
Current reading's percentile 8

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 33.3%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 10.8%
CRH CRH PLC compare 8.32%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 8.04%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 6.51%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 5.73%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 5.49%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. 3.17%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 2.70%
Building Materials industry median 6.51%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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