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James Hardie has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $28.71.
Based on James Hardie's latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $971.5 million and a net profit of $43.6 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $1 billion and had a net profit of $55.6 million
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