James Hardie Industries plc

JHX stock score: 55/100

$26.30 · -0.57% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
57
Fundamental
53
News
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The reading

James Hardie Industries (JHX) scores 55 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 57% of Basic Materials stocks and 58% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 57, fundamentals 53.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Trailing P/E at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 57 and contrarian oscillators 45.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 50 to 72, and it is down 16 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward JHX’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

53

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Revenue Growth (Quarterly)97

    Quarterly revenue growth measures sales increase compared to the previous quarter.

Holding it back

  • Trailing P/E0

    Trailing P/E ratio uses the last 12 months of actual earnings.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)4

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)5

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

39 weighted scorers; 2 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

53

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Stochastic (14)100

    Stochastic Oscillator (14-period) compares the current price to its range over 14 periods.

  • VWAP90

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • TRIX8

    TRIX is a momentum oscillator that filters out short-term noise by triple-smoothing price data.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly531
Daily533
Weekly562
Monthly632
Quarterly612

Composite score, last 90 days

05010055Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 71Jul 26, 2026: 71Jul 27, 2026: 71Jul 28, 2026: 71Jul 29, 2026: 70Jul 30, 2026: 70Jul 31, 2026: 72Aug 2, 2026: 56Aug 3, 2026: 58Aug 5, 2026: 56Aug 6, 2026: 57Aug 7, 2026: 60Aug 8, 2026: 60Aug 9, 2026: 60Aug 10, 2026: 60Aug 11, 2026: 60Aug 12, 2026: 60Aug 13, 2026: 60Aug 14, 2026: 61Aug 15, 2026: 60Aug 16, 2026: 60Aug 17, 2026: 59Aug 18, 2026: 59Aug 19, 2026: 61Aug 20, 2026: 61Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 61Aug 25, 2026: 60Aug 26, 2026: 59Aug 27, 2026: 60Aug 28, 2026: 59Aug 29, 2026: 59Aug 30, 2026: 59Aug 31, 2026: 59Sep 1, 2026: 58Sep 2, 2026: 58Sep 3, 2026: 59Sep 4, 2026: 61Sep 5, 2026: 60Sep 6, 2026: 60Sep 7, 2026: 60Sep 8, 2026: 61Sep 9, 2026: 58Sep 10, 2026: 56Sep 11, 2026: 57Sep 12, 2026: 58Sep 13, 2026: 58Sep 14, 2026: 58Sep 15, 2026: 55Sep 16, 2026: 54Sep 17, 2026: 54Sep 18, 2026: 53Sep 19, 2026: 52Sep 20, 2026: 52Sep 21, 2026: 54Sep 22, 2026: 58Sep 23, 2026: 57Sep 24, 2026: 55Sep 25, 2026: 53Sep 26, 2026: 53Sep 27, 2026: 53Sep 28, 2026: 52Sep 29, 2026: 51Sep 30, 2026: 53Oct 1, 2026: 52Oct 2, 2026: 52Oct 3, 2026: 52Oct 4, 2026: 52Oct 5, 2026: 52Oct 6, 2026: 54Oct 7, 2026: 51Oct 8, 2026: 51Oct 9, 2026: 52Oct 10, 2026: 52Oct 11, 2026: 52Oct 12, 2026: 51Oct 13, 2026: 50Oct 14, 2026: 50Oct 15, 2026: 54Oct 16, 2026: 56Oct 17, 2026: 56Oct 18, 2026: 56Oct 19, 2026: 53Oct 20, 2026: 56Oct 21, 2026: 55
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Key facts

Market cap
$15.3B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Building Materials
Beta
1.06
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026

Building Materials peers

CompanyMarket capScore
CRH CRH$57.2B58
MLM Martin Marietta Materials$36.2B51
VMC Vulcan Materials Company$34.3B56
AMRZ Amrize$21.2B51
CX CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.$15.0B58
EXP Eagle Materials$5.3B54

Questions

What is JHX's stock score today?

JHX scores 55/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 57, fundamental 53. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is JHX a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 55 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the JHX score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 39 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.