James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) reported quarterly earnings of $0.36 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.32 by 12.5 percent. This is a 12.5 percent increase over earnings of $0.32 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.475 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.395 billion by 5.74 percent. This is a 63.91 percent increase over sales of $899.900 million the same period last year.