JHX

+5.6%🟢 Fundamentally supported

James Hardie Industries plc · Basic Materials

$25.96Vol 5.21M · 0.5× normalMkt cap +$0.80Blive · 2026-10-15 ET

What happened

Move

+5.6%

Price

$25.96

Volume

5.21M

0.5× normal

Market cap

$15.07B

+$0.80B today

Why it moved

Analyst upgrademedium confidence

Baird Maintains Outperform on James Hardie Industries, Lowers Price Target to $32 — finnhub-news

Possible catalyst: analyst upgrade, 3.9pp above its sector.

Verdict — was the move justified?

🟢 Fundamentally supported

Analyst upgrade — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.

How unusual is this move

σ score

3.2σ

vs own 20d volatility

Percentile

96th

of 1268 daily moves

Avg daily move

±1.9%

own 5y average

vs sector

+3.9%

beyond sector median

Today’s move is among the largest 4% of JHX’s daily moves over the last 5 years — while the sector moved +1.7% and the market +1.3%.

What happened after similar moves

65 similar up moves in JHX’s 5-year history:

After 5 days

+0.9%

54% higher

After 20 days

+3.9%

58% higher

Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.

Fundamental context

V 37G 25P 28H 36Q 25

Insider activity (90d): net selling $9.99M

Valuation context

P/E (TTM)

137.2

5y median 140.3

P/E percentile

46%

vs own 5y history

FCF yield

0.0%

Valuation sits near the middle of its own historical range (46th percentile).

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