Shares of Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) have been given an average broker rating score of 1.80 (Buy) from the five analysts that cover the stock, Zacks Investment Research reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a strong buy rating on the company. Eagle Materials’ rating score has declined by 20% in the last three months as a result of various analysts’ ratings changes.
Brokers have set a 1-year consensus price target of $96.67 for the company and are predicting that the company will post $0.91 EPS for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Zacks has also assigned Eagle Materials an industry rank of 115 out of 265 based on the ratings given to its competitors.
Separately, analysts at Zacks reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Eagle Materials in a research note on Friday, May 1st.
Shares of Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) traded up 0.42% on Tuesday, hitting $78.68. 164,310 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Eagle Materials has a one year low of $68.54 and a one year high of $105.69. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $79.61 and its 200-day moving average is $79.90. The company has a market cap of $3.95 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.21.
Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $223.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.68 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.45 earnings per share. Eagle Materials’s revenue was up 17.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Eagle Materials will post $4.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th.
Eagle Materials Inc. manufactures and distributes gypsum wallboard and also manufactures and sells cement. Gypsum wallboard is distributed throughout the United States, in the geographic markets nearest to its production facilities. The Company sells cement in six regional markets, including northern Nevada and California, the greater Chicago area, the Rocky Mountain region, the Central Plains region and Texas. Its gypsum wallboard business is supported by its recycled paperboard business, while its cement business is supported by its concrete and aggregates business. The Company operates six cement mixing plant, five gypsum wallboard plants, one recycled paperboard plant, seventeen mobile batching plants, four aggregates facilities and one frac sand processing and drying plant. The Company operates in two business segments: Cement and Concrete and Aggregates, and Gypsum Wallboard and Recycled Paperboard.
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