James Hardie Industries plc

CHIA:JHX Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$15.7b

James Hardie Industries Valuation

Is JHX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of JHX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
AU$56.84
Fair Value
35.7% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: JHX (A$36.56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (A$56.84)

Significantly Below Fair Value: JHX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for JHX?

Key metric: As JHX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for JHX. This is calculated by dividing JHX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is JHX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio23.1x
EarningsUS$436.00m
Market CapUS$10.06b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does JHX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for JHX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.5x
WGN Wagners Holding
16.2x10.7%AU$320.8m
EVN Evolution Mining
23.2x11.4%AU$16.0b
BSL BlueScope Steel
18.8x20.1%AU$10.2b
NST Northern Star Resources
24x14.3%AU$22.7b
JHX James Hardie Industries
23.1x17.6%AU$15.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: JHX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x) compared to the peer average (20.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does JHX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Basic Materials Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
JHX 23.1xIndustry Avg. 15.2xNo. of Companies59PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: JHX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x) compared to the Global Basic Materials industry average (15.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is JHX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

JHX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio23.1x
Fair PE Ratio22.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: JHX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst JHX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentAU$36.56
AU$48.21
+31.9%
12.7%AU$59.15AU$39.34n/a14
Apr ’26AU$36.96
AU$49.65
+34.3%
12.1%AU$60.54AU$40.26n/a14
Mar ’26AU$50.61
AU$55.42
+9.5%
10.1%AU$64.89AU$43.23n/a17
Feb ’26AU$54.77
AU$57.38
+4.8%
11.6%AU$68.42AU$44.37n/a18
Jan ’26AU$49.72
AU$57.02
+14.7%
10.7%AU$67.57AU$45.84n/a18
Dec ’25AU$56.18
AU$55.21
-1.7%
9.4%AU$64.94AU$44.89n/a16
Nov ’25AU$47.92
AU$53.31
+11.3%
10.1%AU$67.44AU$43.58n/a16
Oct ’25AU$56.25
AU$50.88
-9.5%
9.6%AU$61.45AU$42.15n/a16
Sep ’25AU$55.08
AU$52.23
-5.2%
9.5%AU$63.45AU$43.25n/a16
Aug ’25AU$54.40
AU$54.23
-0.3%
10.2%AU$67.70AU$45.11n/a16
Jul ’25AU$48.06
AU$53.17
+10.6%
10.2%AU$66.52AU$45.70n/a15
Jun ’25AU$46.76
AU$52.38
+12.0%
7.9%AU$60.09AU$45.72n/a15
May ’25AU$53.54
AU$57.41
+7.2%
10.8%AU$65.33AU$44.07n/a15
Apr ’25AU$61.52
AU$58.51
-4.9%
11.1%AU$68.82AU$44.28AU$36.9615
Mar ’25AU$61.39
AU$58.21
-5.2%
10.1%AU$66.01AU$44.53AU$50.6115
Feb ’25AU$57.40
AU$56.70
-1.2%
10.5%AU$65.92AU$46.01AU$54.7714
Jan ’25AU$56.53
AU$51.08
-9.6%
7.2%AU$55.43AU$43.18AU$49.7214
Dec ’24AU$48.59
AU$50.12
+3.2%
12.1%AU$56.67AU$31.72AU$56.1815
Nov ’24AU$39.16
AU$48.88
+24.8%
11.3%AU$55.28AU$32.82AU$47.9215
Oct ’24AU$40.89
AU$49.75
+21.7%
11.8%AU$55.88AU$32.49AU$56.2515
Sep ’24AU$46.81
AU$49.76
+6.3%
11.6%AU$56.18AU$32.66AU$55.0816
Aug ’24AU$43.02
AU$41.97
-2.4%
13.9%AU$50.30AU$30.17AU$54.4016
Jul ’24AU$39.67
AU$39.10
-1.4%
12.8%AU$45.53AU$29.35AU$48.0616
Jun ’24AU$37.91
AU$39.45
+4.1%
11.7%AU$46.53AU$30.58AU$46.7616
May ’24AU$34.00
AU$36.28
+6.7%
12.0%AU$42.99AU$27.83AU$53.5415
Apr ’24AU$31.70
AU$37.11
+17.1%
13.2%AU$46.60AU$27.99AU$61.5216
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 14 Analysts
AU$48.20
Fair Value
24.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
14
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/29 16:39
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/29 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

James Hardie Industries plc is covered by 38 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Russell WrightAPP Securities Pty Ltd.
Brook Campbell-CrawfordBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Benjamin BrayshawBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited