JHX Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (James Hardie Industries PLC American Depositary Shares (Ireland) | NYSE:JHX)

James Hardie is a manufacturer of fiber cement-based building products, selling primarily to the residential construction industry. North America is the primary geography, generating about 80% of group earnings. Here, it is the largest manufacturer of fiber cement, which is mainly used for exterior siding on houses. Businesses in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, make up the rest of earnings.

James Hardie Industries PLC American Depositary Shares (Ireland) trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol JHX.

As of January 3, 2025, JHX stock price climbed to $31.02 with 50,583 million shares trading.

JHX has a beta of 1.20, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. JHX has a correlation of 0.15 to the broad based SPY ETF.

JHX has a market cap of $13.31 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, JHX traded as high as $43.57 and as low as $17.25.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that JHX belongs to (by Net Assets): APIE, DFAX, SPWO, DFSI.

JHX has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -15.6% while the SPY ETF gained +27.8%. JHX has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -18.6% and -2.1%, respectively, while the SPY returned +4.6% and +0.1%, respectively.

JHX support price is $30.03 and resistance is $31.29 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that JHX shares will trade within this expected range on the day.