James Hardie Industries (NYSE: JHX) reported quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.23 by 6.67 percent. This is a 33.33 percent decrease over earnings of $0.36 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.240 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.209 billion by 2.57 percent. This is a 30.07 percent increase over sales of $953.300 million the same period last year.