Stocks · Basic Materials · Construction Materials
Eagle Materials Inc. EXP
$171.36 -0.99% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.26B
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The diluted share count fell 5.2% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Over the past year the stock returned -25.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 40.9 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth29Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Quality73Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 22%
- Gross marginTop 47%
- Operating marginTop 13%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Interest coverTop 37%
Value76Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 21%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 32%
Momentum25Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 20%
- 6-month returnBottom 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 47%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Revisions28Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 33%
Stability66Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 42%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.1% | 1.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -4.7% | -6.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 27.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 25.9% | 23.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 13.7% | 7.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.7% | 2.1% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -6.8% | -4.7% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| Gross margin | 27.0% | 29.4% | ↓ | Top 47% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 25.9% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| Net margin | 17.3% | 19.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.3% | 13.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | — | Top 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.4% | — | Top 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.57×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.11×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 8.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.61%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.46%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.07%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $213.00
- Target vs current price
- +24.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 25
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -2.4% | -5.5% | -2.7% | -10.4% | — |
| May 19, 2026 | +20.1% | +1.7% | +5.1% | +11.8% | +6.2% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | -3.0% | -2.7% | +5.2% | +3.8% | -4.2% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -2.8% | -7.9% | -11.1% | -5.1% | -5.8% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | +0.8% | +3.0% | +1.0% | +7.2% | +8.8% |
| May 20, 2025 | -16.1% | -8.8% | -9.9% | -20.0% | -2.9% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -9.6% | -1.8% | -1.9% | -11.6% | -14.3% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | -7.7% | -2.1% | -0.3% | +9.1% | -10.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $3.29 | $3.37 | -2.4% | $651.0M |
| May 19, 2026 | $1.91 | $1.59 | +20.1% | $479.1M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $3.22 | $3.32 | -3.0% | $556.0M |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $4.23 | $4.35 | -2.8% | $638.9M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $3.76 | $3.73 | +0.8% | $634.7M |
| May 20, 2025 | $2.08 | $2.48 | -16.1% | $470.2M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $3.59 | $3.97 | -9.6% | $558.0M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $4.31 | $4.67 | -7.7% | $623.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.5× | 16.0× | 29th | Top 12% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.2× | — | — | Top 21% |
| EV / Sales | 2.93× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.24% | — | — | Top 49% |
| Earnings yield | 7.38% | — | — | Top 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.8× – 20.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -25.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -6.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -1.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -17.3%
- RSI (14)
- 30.9
- Relative volume
- 0.82×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.00
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2024 | Sep 30, 2026 | -45.8% | 461 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Sep 27, 2022 | -38.5% | 187 days | 171 days (Jun 2, 2023) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 | -24.2% | 38 days | 34 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
| May 15, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | -22.5% | 36 days | 48 days (Sep 16, 2024) |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | -16.6% | 19 days | 27 days (Nov 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.26B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $12.65
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.32B
- Dividend yield
- 0.58%
- 52-week range
- $167.32 – $245.53
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.86B | $2.15B | $2.26B | $2.26B | $2.31B |
| Gross profit | $519.6M | $639.3M | $685.3M | $673.1M | $652.5M |
| Operating income | $472.8M | $585.6M | $625.5M | $599.2M | $560.9M |
| Net income | $374.2M | $461.5M | $477.6M | $463.4M | $423.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $9.14 | $12.46 | $13.61 | $13.77 | $13.12 |
| Q2 2024 | Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $623.6M | $558.0M | $470.2M | $634.7M | $638.9M | $556.0M | $479.1M | $651.0M |
| Net income | $143.5M | $119.6M | $66.5M | $123.4M | $137.4M | $102.9M | $60.2M | $102.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.26 | $3.56 | $2.00 | $3.76 | $4.23 | $3.22 | $1.91 | $3.29 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $517.2M | $541.7M | $563.9M | $548.5M | $614.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$74.1M | -$110.1M | -$120.3M | -$195.3M | -$416.7M |
| Free cash flow | $443.1M | $431.6M | $443.6M | $353.3M | $197.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$30.8M | -$37.5M | -$35.3M | -$33.7M | -$32.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$595.0M | -$393.8M | -$353.7M | -$304.2M | -$389.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $233.5M
- Total assets
- $3.91B
- Total liabilities
- $2.42B
- Total debt
- $1.80B
- Net debt
- $1.56B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.49B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | $0.25 | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.25 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.25 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.25 | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.25 | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.25 | Jul 14, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.25 | Apr 14, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.25 | Jan 13, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,847,300
- Days to cover
- 4.44
- Change vs previous report
- -10.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 27, 2006
- 3-for-1