Tag: ASX:JHX

James Hardie Industries FY21 profit guidance now stands at $US330m-$US390m. June quarter earnings were flat on the same time last year.

James Hardie Industries is under Algo Engine buy conditions and is a current holding in our ASX 100 model portfolio.

JHX will report FY20 earnings tomorrow and previous guidance of $350m to $355m was provided on the 5th May.

The weak demand environment ahead for new residential construction will likely weigh on earnings. The fall in the share price from $33 to $21 allows for these headwinds and a discounted valuation argument builds for both JHX and BLD.

Note: James Hardie has suspended the payment of dividends.

James Hardie Industries is under Algo Engine buy conditions.

The share price has formed a higher low formation and rallied from the $17.50 support level.

James Hardie is a current holding within our ASX 100 model portfolio.

Today’s release of the 3QFY19 earnings were slightly below market consensus, however, the full year guidance for FY19 NPAT  to be in the range of US$280-320m, supports a higher share price.

Off the back of the improved full year earnings outlook, James Hardie has rallied from $15 to $16.

Based on FY20 earnings, we have JHX trading on a 4.2% yield.

Shares of James Hardie have dropped over 17% in the last three trading sessions and posted a 2.5-year low of $16.60 in early trade today.

The catalyst for the sell off was that JHX’s 2Q EBIT and NPAT fell short of consensus forecasts and management downgraded full year NPAT by 5%.

In the bigger picture, the softening of Q2 margins due to input cost inflation looks to be transitory and the group is still expected to generate net profits of between US313 and US 335 million for FY 2019.

As such, we consider the recent drop in the share price as an opportunity to invest in a high quality business at a time when external factors are increasing input costs.

JHX is part of our ASX Top 50 portfolio and we see scope for a $20.00 initial price target over the medium-term.

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During last week’s earnings update, James Hardie provided an FY19 EBIT outlook in the range of US$300-340m. This was slightly below market consensus, suggesting 20% growth will not be achieved and it could be more in the range of flat to 10%.

With the stock trading on a high PE and an FY18 yield of only 2%, there’s not much room for disappointment.

JHX is a current holding within our ASX50 & 100 model portfolios, we’ll watch  for the next Algo Engine buy signal and revisit the “buy side” case and update our readers.

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Our ALGO engine triggered a buy signal for JHX on July 31st at $21.50.

Since then the stock has picked up almost 6% and is over 1% higher at $22.75 in early trade today.

The company will release their Q1 FY19 results next Friday.

Expectations are that the EPS should rise to 67 cents per share on stronger earnings.

Our initial upside target is the May 16th high near $23.85.

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Our Algo Engine generated a buy signal for JHX recently at $21.50.

With the US housing cycle remaining strong, (although weak numbers in June are the reason for some caution), and James Hardie having a dominant market position in fiber cement, we think the long term trajectory for earnings & margins are strong.

FY19 revenues should increase 20% and underlying EBIT will jump from $380m to $480m.

With the stock trading on a low 2.2% forward yield, we recommend adding a covered call option to enhance the income.

Selling the $23.50 October strike adds $0.50 per share of additional cash flow.

JHX goes ex div $0.30 on the 12th of December.

Our Algo Engine generated a buy signal in James Hardie recently at $22.00.

The stock is a current holding within the ASX Top 50 model.

Based on 20% EPS growth into FY19, JHX now trades on a  forward yield of 3%.

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