# Eagle Materials Inc. – Consensus ‘buy’ rating and 11.0% Upside Potential

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/eagle-materials-inc.consensus-buy-rating-and-11.0-upside-potential/4121152540
- Published: 2024-04-19T14:40:44+01:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Eagle Materials Inc.** which can be found using ticker (EXP) now have 10 market
analysts covering the stock. The analyst consensus now points to a rating of ‘buy’.
The range between the high target price and low target price is between $320.00 
and $230.00 suggesting an average Analsyt target price of $271.70. Given that the
stocks previous close was at $244.85 and the analysts are correct then there would
likely be a percentage uptick in value of 11.0%. The 50 day MA is $254.44 and the
200 moving average now moves to $201.75. The total market capitalization for the
company now stands at 8.35B. The stock price for the company is currently $242.38
USD

 The potential market cap would be $9,265,696,330 based on the market consensus.

The company is not paying dividends at this time.

Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 17.09, revenue per share of $64.12
and a 14.3% return on assets.

Eagle Materials Inc. is a manufacturer of heavy construction materials and light
building materials in the United States. The Company manufactures and distributes
Portland Cement, Gypsum Wallboard, Recycled Gypsum Paperboard, and Concrete and 
Aggregates from approximately 70 facilities across the United States. Its business
is organized into two sectors: Heavy Materials and Light Materials. Heavy Materials
includes the Cement and Concrete and Aggregates segments. Light Materials includes
the Gypsum Wallboard and Recycled Paperboard segments. Its primary products, Portland
Cement and Gypsum Wallboard, are commodities that are essential in commercial and
residential construction; public construction projects; or projects to build, expand,
and repair roads and highways. It operates approximately eight modern cement plants,
one slag grinding facility and 29 cement distribution terminals. It operates approximately
26 ready-mix concrete batch plants and three aggregates processing plants.

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