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Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) vs James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX)

Eagle Materials Inc and James Hardie Industries PLC. are both Building Materials companies. James Hardie Industries PLC. is the larger, with a market value of $16.6B against $5.8B — 2.9× the size. Eagle Materials Inc trades at the lower P/E: 15.4× against 111×. James Hardie Industries PLC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.9% against 1.61%. Eagle Materials Inc has the higher net margin (16.1% vs 2.69%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.8% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, Eagle Materials Inc leads on 14 and James Hardie Industries PLC. on 8.

Valuation

Metric EXP JHX Building Materials median
P/E 15.42 111.36 18.35
P/S 2.44 2.99 1.62
P/B 3.72 2.47 2.22
Price to free cash flow 36.72 34.77 33.00
EV/EBITDA 10.42 17.65 9.96
EV/Sales 3.09 3.70 1.99
Earnings yield 6.48% 0.90% 4.79%
Free cash flow yield 2.72% 2.88% 2.88%

Profitability

Metric EXP JHX Building Materials median
Gross margin 25.79% 35.88% 26.23%
Operating margin 22.59% 9.73% 13.64%
Net margin 16.11% 2.69% 9.16%
Free cash flow margin 6.65% 8.59% 6.94%
Return on equity 24.54% 3.31% 11.23%
Return on assets 10.21% 1.44% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 10.84% 3.17% 6.51%

Growth

Metric EXP JHX Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.61% 42.93% 5.46%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.43%) (80.61%) 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.31% 10.70% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.54% (16.92%) 7.04%

Health

Metric EXP JHX Building Materials median
Debt to equity 1.14 0.67 0.52
Current ratio 3.29 1.59 1.46
Net debt to EBITDA 1.95 4.35 1.62

Dividend

Metric EXP JHX Building Materials median
Dividend yield 0.54% — 0.86%
Payout ratio 0.08 — 0.20

Size

Metric EXP JHX Building Materials median
Market cap 5.80b 16.64b 3.25b

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