NYSE:EXPBasic Materials
Eagle Materials (EXP) Stock Revenue Record Meets Margin And EPS Pressure
Eagle Materials stock slipped about 2.1% today, yet the earnings story is more nuanced than that headline move suggests. Coming into the print, shares had already eased over the past month, so expectations were not stretched. Against that backdrop, the company posted record Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue of US$651 million and basic earnings per share of US$3.30, while still absorbing higher freight costs and a US$6 million hit from downtime at its Mountain cement facility.
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