James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) reported quarterly earnings of $0.30 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.29 by 3.45 percent. This is a 16.67 percent decrease over earnings of $0.36 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.404 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.405 billion by 0.04 percent. This is a 44.52 percent increase over sales of $971.500 million the same period last year.