James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, March 26, with the stock price up by 0.21% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $23.85.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $23.80, falling within a range of $23.23 and $24.0. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.195 whereas the PE ratio was 23.73 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $43.57, and the low was $23.31. On the whole, JHX has fluctuated by -23.90% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of James Hardie Industries plc ADR currently standing at about $10.25 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-17.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that JHX’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 5.09, with the price of JHX currently trading nearly -21.21% and -25.42% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 21.56, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 4.29% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.43%. Furthermore, James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX)’s beta value is 1.79, and its average true range (ATR) is 1.35.
A comparison of James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. JHX showed an intraday change of 0.21% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -39.60%%.
Data on historical trading for James Hardie Industries plc ADR (NYSE:JHX) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 1.51 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 327.09K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 429.79 million shares outstanding.
James Hardie Industries plc ADR’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 2.04% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 46767.0 shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 0.66. According to the data, the short interest in James Hardie Industries plc ADR (JHX) stood at 1.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 49816.0. The stock has fallen by -22.59% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the JHX stock heading into the next quarter.
