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James Hardie Industries PLC ADR (JHX) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

James Hardie makes fibre cement, fibre gypsum and cement-bonded board products used as siding, trim, decking, railing and interior lining in homes and commercial buildings. It sells under brands including Hardie, AZEK Exteriors, TimberTech and fermacell, through distributors, lumberyards and retailers to builders, remodelers and contractors across the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for JHX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Materials in US: +1.6% week · +6.2% month · +0.4% quarter · +2.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 1.89 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How JHX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.89 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), James Hardie Industries PLC ADR moved 1.89% on average · correlation 0.41 · higher than 99% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.51 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.11% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.79% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Building Materials · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Building Materials · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against JHX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — James Hardie Industries PLC ADR

JHX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
James Hardie makes fibre cement, fibre gypsum and cement-bonded board products used as siding, trim, decking, railing and interior lining in homes and commercial buildings. It sells under brands including Hardie, AZEK Exteriors, TimberTech and fermacell, through distributors, lumberyards and retailers to builders, remodelers and contractors across the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and traces its origins back to the nineteenth century.
Where it sits in the stack
James Hardie carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Basic Materials sleeve, within building products, alongside the sector's scored names. It supplies fibre cement, fibre gypsum and decking materials to builders and remodelers, so it is a constraint on construction-cycle demand and material substitution rather than on any AI build-out layer the diary tracks elsewhere.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Basic Materials names based in the same country, a set dominated by gold and silver miners such as Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle and Pan American Silver, reflecting sector and geography rather than what the company actually makes; the market's own comparison would run instead to other building-products makers.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score with momentum as the strongest module and capital allocation as the weakest; the diary has not logged any mentions or quotes on it, and it holds no seat in our index or Halo screens.
What the diary watches
Whether the composite score moves as capital allocation improves or weakens, and whether momentum holds after the recent run of down sessions and distance from the 52-week high.

James Hardie Industries PLC ADR (JHX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 42/100 composite (momentum 76, quality 33, valuation 33) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: downgrade by Citigroup, 2026-09-28

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for JHX from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Downgrade Citigroup — Buy → Neutral Downgraded to Neutral from Buy 2026-09-28

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 14 m USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What JHX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 14 m USD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count +26.2% in FY2026 38 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 14 m USD · 7% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04

Quick answers

What is James Hardie Industries PLC ADR (JHX)?

James Hardie Industries PLC ADR trades as JHX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-04.

Is JHX in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — James Hardie Industries PLC ADR is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-04.

What is James Hardie Industries PLC ADR's Closelooknet composite score?

42 out of 100, with momentum 76, quality 33 and valuation 33 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-04. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does JHX trade against its moving averages?

James Hardie Industries PLC ADR trades 1.3% above its 50-day and 11.8% above its 200-day moving average (5.0% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-03 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does James Hardie Industries PLC ADR compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Building Materials · US), James Hardie Industries PLC ADR (JHX) sits 13.3% below its 52-week high, 1.3% above its 50-day average; Cemex SAB de CV ADR (CX) is 22.3% below, Amrize Ltd (AMRZ) is 35.6% below, United States Lime & Minerals Inc (USLM) is 14.3% below, as of 2026-11-03. Put any of them next to JHX in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does James Hardie Industries PLC ADR trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year James Hardie Industries PLC ADR had a beta of 1.89 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 99% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.11% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-03; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does James Hardie Industries PLC ADR do?

James Hardie makes fibre cement, fibre gypsum and cement-bonded board products used as siding, trim, decking, railing and interior lining in homes and commercial buildings. It sells under brands including Hardie, AZEK Exteriors, TimberTech and fermacell, through distributors, lumberyards and retailers to builders, remodelers and contractors across the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and traces its origins back to the nineteenth century. Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Basic Materials names based in the same country, a set dominated by gold and silver miners such as Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle and Pan American Silver, reflecting sector and geography rather than what the company actually makes; the market's own comparison would run instead to other building-products makers. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does James Hardie Industries PLC ADR sit in the AI build-out?

James Hardie carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Basic Materials sleeve, within building products, alongside the sector's scored names. It supplies fibre cement, fibre gypsum and decking materials to builders and remodelers, so it is a constraint on construction-cycle demand and material substitution rather than on any AI build-out layer the diary tracks elsewhere. It carries a Closelooknet score with momentum as the strongest module and capital allocation as the weakest; the diary has not logged any mentions or quotes on it, and it holds no seat in our index or Halo screens. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does James Hardie Industries PLC ADR pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in James Hardie Industries PLC ADR’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 14 m USD of its own shares, 7% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 26.2% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-03; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on James Hardie Industries PLC ADR recently?

The most recent analyst action on James Hardie Industries PLC ADR on the Closelooknet wire is a downgrade by Citigroup on 2026-09-28 (Buy → Neutral). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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