James Hardie Industries Financial Ratios
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James Hardie Industries ratio analysis
James Hardie Industries earned a net margin of 2.2% in FY 2026, down from 10.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 35.8% compared with a median of 35.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 1.6%, meaning James Hardie Industries generated 0.02 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.71 versus 0.52 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.58. At the end of FY 2026, JHX traded at 97.8 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 18.8 to 97.8, with a median of 27.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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James Hardie Industries financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2026 | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 97.79 | 21.67 | 34.88 | 18.83 | 29.14 | 54.03 | 21.07 | 24.75 | 54.18 | 25.48 |
| Price / sales | 2.08 | 2.36 | 4.51 | 2.55 | 3.69 | 4.86 | 1.93 | 2.27 | 3.84 | 3.64 |
| Price / book | 1.57 | 4.23 | 9.54 | 5.98 | 10.02 | 13.33 | 4.87 | 5.84 | — | — |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 38.8% | 40.4% | 34.7% | 36.3% | 36.2% | 35.8% | 33.2% | 35.5% | 35.1% |
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 16.9% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 18.9% | 16.3% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 11.2% | 20.5% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 10.9% | 13.0% | 13.6% | 12.7% | 9.0% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 7.1% | 14.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 4.3% | 9.8% | 11.8% | 0.4% | 13.8% | 23.2% | 9.9% | -0.5% | 4.8% | 14.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 1.6% | 19.6% | 27.4% | 31.8% | 34.4% | 24.8% | 23.3% | 23.5% | — | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.8% | 8.1% | 10.4% | 11.4% | 10.8% | 6.4% | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.2% | 13.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.71 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.81 | 1.31 | 1.42 | — | — |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | 2.10 | 1.79 | 1.54 | 1.46 | 1.05 | 1.78 | 1.56 | 2.14 | 1.47 |
| Revenue growth | 24.7% | -1.5% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 24.3% | 11.6% | 4.0% | 22.0% | 6.9% | 11.2% |
| EPS growth | -80.6% | -15.5% | 0.9% | 11.7% | 74.6% | 9.3% | 3.8% | 57.6% | -46.8% | 12.7% |