# Eagle Materials Inc. – Consensus ‘buy’ rating and 18.9% Upside Potential

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/eagle-materials-inc.consensus-buy-rating-and-18.9-upside-potential/4121166212
- Published: 2024-07-26T12:04:25+01:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Eagle Materials Inc.** with ticker code (EXP) have now 11 analysts in total covering
the stock. The consensus rating is pointing to ‘buy’. The range between the high
target price and low target price is between $320.00 and $245.00 and has a mean 
target at $270.45. Now with the previous closing price of $227.40 this indicates
there is a potential upside of 18.9%. Also worth taking note is the 50 day moving
average now sits at $230.04 and the 200 day moving average is $220.73. The market
cap for the company is 7.98B. The stock price for the company is currently $235.62
USD

 The potential market cap would be $9,487,813,392 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 17.3, revenue per share of $64.90
and a 13.65% 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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