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How James Hardie Industries plc stacks up
JHX · against 109 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Valuation
35/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #89 of 110 · scores higher than 16% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score13 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including JHX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 35?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 71% of peers. Earnings yield: 0.9% vs peer median 3.6%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 5.7% vs peer median 8.5%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 2.3% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = JHX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | JHX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 110 reported | 0.8% | 5.9% | 7% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 111 reported | 7.3% | 11.2% | 27% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 41 reported | 2.2% | 4.2% | 28% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 106 reported | 41.3% | 49.7% | 37% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around JHX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 155.7B ZAR (≈$8.6B) | 98 | 90 | |
| 2 | 195.7B HKD (≈$25.0B) | 97 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B USD | 96 | 62 | |
| 4 | 87.3B HKD (≈$11.2B) | 95 | 72 | |
| 4 | 11.4B USD | 95 | 67 | |
| 89 | 400.1B TWD (≈$12.4B) | 35 | 34 | |
| 89 | 2.51T JPY (≈$17.1B) | 35 | 29 | |
| 89 | 11.7B USD | 35 | 50 | |
| 89 | 8.5B USD | 35 | 50 | |
| 89 | 15.8B USD | 35 | 40 | |
| 94 | 862.7B INR (≈$10.4B) | 34 | 62 | |
| 95 | 103.9B CNY (≈$14.6B) | 33 | 62 | |
| 96 | 12.8B EUR (≈$14.1B) | 31 | 49 | |
| 97 | 8.1B USD | 28 | 19 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score