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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
$ in Billions
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
May 15, 2026
Sep. 30, 2025
Document Information [Line Items]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Mar. 31, 2026    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2026    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Entity Registrant Name EAGLE MATERIALS INC.    
Entity Central Index Key 0000918646    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --03-31    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   30,948,147  
Entity Public Float     $ 7.7
Entity File Number 1-12984    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 75-2520779    
Entity Address, Address Line One 5960 Berkshire Lane    
Entity Address, Address Line Two Suite 900    
Entity Address, City or Town Dallas    
Entity Address, State or Province TX    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 75225    
City Area Code 214    
Local Phone Number 432-2000    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Eagle Materials Inc. to be held on July 30, 2026 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Report.

   
Auditor Firm ID 42    
Auditor Location Dallas, Texas    
Auditor Name Ernst & Young LLP    
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Eagle Materials Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of March 31, 2026 and 2025, the related consolidated statements of earnings, comprehensive earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2026, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at March 31, 2026 and 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2026, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated May 19, 2026 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

   
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