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

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Company snapshot — James Hardie Industries PLC ADR

JHX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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
Closelook'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 Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook 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.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

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

Peer group

Building Materials

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

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.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is James Hardie Industries PLC ADR (JHX)?

James Hardie Industries PLC ADR trades as JHX on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is JHX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — James Hardie Industries PLC ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

Where does JHX trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.2% vs the 50-day and +15.5% vs the 200-day average, 13% below the 52-week high and +66.1% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 72 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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. Closelook'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.

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 Closelook 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.

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. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for JHX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Building Materials, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.