Eagle Materials (EXP)
Materials · construction materials · NYSE
Eagle Materials is a producer of essential construction materials, including cement and wallboard, primarily serving the infrastructure and housing markets in the United States.
What Eagle Materials does
Eagle Materials is a leading US-based producer of heavy construction materials, including cement, concrete, and aggregates, alongside wallboard. The company operates a network of cement plants, slag grinding facilities, and limestone quarries primarily serving the U.S. heartland. Their products are essential for public infrastructure projects, as well as private residential and nonresidential construction.
Themes: infrastructure construction, residential housing market, commercial construction, cement manufacturing, building materials
Fundamentals
- Price$167.30 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$5.1B as of 2026-07-25 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-29.9% 2025-10-08 close $238.62 → 2026-10-08 close $167.30
- P/E13.23 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+18.4% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+28.3% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE+28.7% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity1.18 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.7% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+2.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.05 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.6%; 6-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How EXP compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 91 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 25% 125 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 10% 108 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 92 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitytop 10% 144 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 122 covered Materials peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
EXP is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
48.2 #840 of 1,379 scored · #39 of 73 in Materials
Profitability 88th (operating margin 31.7%, return on equity 28.7%) and capital return 77th (net share count bought back over the year 4.3, consecutive years of dividend increases 6 years); weakest is trend (15th, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2026)
Covered by reported results. In FY2026, EXP's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 8%, free-cash-flow payout 16%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout8% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout16% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2026 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Eagle Materials looks technically
Eagle Materials (EXP) is trading 18.9% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 27 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 39, with sellers in control. Momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 29, in oversold territory (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It just made a new 20-day low, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 1.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year).
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 18.9% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -18.9% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $192.22 | $192.22 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $206.29 | $206.29 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 20 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 20 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 200.92. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 27 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 27 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 39, with sellers in control | 39.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 29, in oversold territory (below 30) | 29.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($164.47 to $183.87) — its "stochastic" reading is 15 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 14.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $245.37 | $245.37 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 31.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -31.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 1.7% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +1.7% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 31.8% below its highest point of the past year | 31.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day low, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $321.93 (set on 2024-11-25) | $321.93 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($167.30 to $241.84), and it has recovered essentially none of its fall from last year’s high — 0% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $213.37 to $215.75. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 0.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 48.0% below its all-time high | -48.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 17.9% below a resistance level at $197.19 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-06-02, most recently on 2026-07-23. Since 2024-10-08 it has 0 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +17.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $13.01 (set on 2008-10-28) | $13.01 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1185.9% above its all-time low | +1,186% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 31st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $4.74 between its high and its low — about 2.8% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $4.74 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $165.84 and $186.33 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $165.84 – $176.09 – $186.33 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.8% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.8% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 8.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (18.9% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 8.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.93× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 4.4% since the prior reading | -4.3% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 3 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 3 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 8 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 8 sessions ago |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.2% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -1.2% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -2.47% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 13.3 percentage points (the stock lost 12.2% while the market gained 1.0%) | -13.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 21.7 percentage points (the stock lost 17.8% while the market gained 3.8%) | -21.7% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 27.3 percentage points (the stock lost 9.9% while the market gained 17.5%) | -27.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 44.9 percentage points (the stock lost 29.9% while the market gained 15.0%) | -44.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: its RSI momentum gauge is oversold (a beaten-down reading), near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 7 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 7 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 18% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 8.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -18.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 19% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $205.78 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -18.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 13% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $191.68 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 51 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -12.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
EXP last closed at $167.30 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 0 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $197.19 | Resistance | 17.9% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-06-02 to 2026-07-23 |
| $202.25 | Resistance | 20.9% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-04-09 to 2026-07-31 |
| $206.22 | Resistance | 23.3% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-03-07 to 2026-06-08 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $200.92.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $186.20 and $197.86 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This reading has stood for 8 trading days, since 2026-09-29.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Oversold (14-day RSI below 30) · Near the 52-week low · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 10 analysts
- Mean price target$210.90 range $188.00 – $232.00; median $213.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-08. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for EXP
- Consensus EPS estimate$4.05 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-08
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.02821 (-0.7%) from $4.08, on 2026-09-03, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward11% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["dependence on construction activity and public infrastructure spending","significant energy costs and regulatory requirements for cement manufacturing","cyclical nature of the construction and building materials industry"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of EXP's 10-Q filed 2026-07-29 against the prior one filed 2026-01-29.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) references the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, filed May 19, 2026, instead of the prior Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, filed May 20, 2025.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) reference in Item 5 changed the fiscal quarter end to June 30, 2026 from December 31, 2025.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.1 Form of Management Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Time).
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.2 Form of Management Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Performance).
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.3 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Time) for Senior Executives.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.4 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (Performance) for Senior Executives.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.5 Eagle Materials Inc. Salaried Incentive Compensation Program.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.6 Eagle Materials Inc. Business Unit Salaried Incentive Compensation Program.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) added exhibit 10.7 Eagle Materials Inc. Special Situation Program.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) signature block lists Samuel M. Guzman Jr. as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer and Controller.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-01-29) included exhibit 4.1 Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 13, 2025, between Eagle Materials Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A.
- Older filing (2026-01-29) included exhibit 4.2 Form of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2036.
- Older filing (2026-01-29) included exhibit 10.1 Amended and Restated Retirement Plan.
- Older filing (2026-01-29) signature block lists William R. Devlin as Senior Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) removed File No. 001-12984 references from exhibit descriptions in Item 6.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) paragraph spacing in headings differs from older filing (e.g., 'Unreg istered' vs 'Unregistered', 'Mine Sa fety' vs 'Mine Safety', 'Oth er' vs 'Other', 'E xhibits' vs 'Exhibits').
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) changed item 2 wording by removing quotation marks around 'Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition' and 'Share Repurchases'.
- Notes:
- This comparison covers only the Risk Factors section as provided, which appears to include other Items and exhibits from the 10-Q rather than the full risk factor disclosure.
- Some text artifacts from the source (e.g., spacing within words in the older filing headings) may not represent actual changes in the filed document.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 5 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-05. The 4 days since 2026-10-05 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 5 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-050 buys · 5 sells ($2M) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-24. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-05; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about EXP's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding EXP as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 7,872,995
- Reported value $1,771,677,324
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
EXP had 1,847,300 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
EXP had 6.02% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.44 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,847,300
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 6.02%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,065,576
- Reported change -10.57%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.44
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Heidelberg Materials
- Holcim (HCMLY)
- Martin Marietta Materials (MLM)
- Vulcan Materials (VMC)
- CEMEX (CX)
- CRH plc (CRH)
- USG (owned by Knauf)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Eagle Materials (EXP) do?
Eagle Materials is a leading US-based producer of heavy construction materials, including cement, concrete, and aggregates, alongside wallboard. The company operates a network of cement plants, slag grinding facilities, and limestone quarries primarily serving the U.S. heartland. Their products are essential for public infrastructure projects, as well as private residential and nonresidential construction.
What sector is Eagle Materials (EXP) in?
Eagle Materials (EXP) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is construction materials. It trades on NYSE.
Does EXP pay a dividend?
Yes — Eagle Materials (EXP) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.57% and 6-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Eagle Materials's (EXP) competitors?
Notable peers of Eagle Materials (EXP) include Heidelberg Materials, Holcim, Martin Marietta Materials, Vulcan Materials and CEMEX. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Eagle Materials (EXP) overbought or oversold right now?
Eagle Materials (EXP) is currently in oversold territory (its 14-day RSI is 29, below 30) (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on EXP come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.