James Hardie Industries plc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2026, James Hardie Industries plc's operations generated $590m of cash; it spent $384m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $206m.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

James Hardie Industries plc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2010Mar 2010	2011Mar 2011	2012Mar 2012	2013Mar 2013	2014Mar 2014	2015Mar 2015	2016Mar 2016	2017Mar 2017	2018Mar 2018	2019Mar 2019	2020Mar 2020	2021Mar 2021	2022Mar 2022	2023Mar 2023	2024Mar 2024	2025Mar 2025	2026Mar 2026
Cash from operations	183	147	387	109	323	180	260	383	309	304	451	787	757	608	914	803	590
Depreciation and amortisation	62	63	65	61	61	71	80	83	92	119	132	135	162	173	185	216	494
Stock-based pay	8	9	8	11	9	9	10	9	11	13	10	18	9	16	28	23	38
Capital spending	51	50	36	61	115	276	73	102	210	318	194	111	258	591	449	422	384
Free cash flow	133	97	351	48	207	−97	187	281	98	−14	257	676	499	16	465	381	206
Free cash flow after stock pay	125	88	344	37	199	−106	177	271	87	−26	247	658	490	1	437	358	168
Dividends paid	—	—	17	189	199	390	247	177	178	172	159	0	484	130	0	0	—
Share buybacks	—	—	19	—	22	9	22	100	0	0	—	0	0	78	271	150	0
Shares issued	10	5	11	26	29	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

James Hardie Industries plc: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2026 Q1Jun 2025	2027 Q1Jun 2026
Cash from operations	207	344
Depreciation and amortisation	57	169
Stock-based pay	7	12
Capital spending	103	90
Free cash flow	104	254
Free cash flow after stock pay	97	242

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from James Hardie Industries plc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to James Hardie Industries plc.