CRH (CRH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CRH plc is a global building materials company headquartered in Ireland. Formerly known as Cement Roadstone Holdings, the company was formed in 1970 through the merger of Cement Limited and Roadstone Limited. CRH provides materials, products and services used in residential, commercial and infrastructure construction.

Its portfolio includes aggregates, asphalt, ready-mixed concrete, cement, architectural products, precast concrete, paving and construction accessories. The company serves customers across the construction value chain, including contractors, distributors, homebuilders and infrastructure developers.

CRH operates primarily in North America and Europe, with businesses spanning the United States, Canada and multiple European markets. The company’s shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRH.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $82.70 to $84.14
• 50-Day Range: $81.72 to $101.14
• 52-Week Range: $80.13 to $131.55
• Volume: 4.43 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.60 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $55.58 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.73
• Dividend Yield: 1.87%
• Price Target: $134.19
• Consensus Rating: Buy

CRH Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CRH scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 11th out of 229 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

CRH has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.06, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 13 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

CRH has a consensus price target of $134.19, representing about 60.6% upside from its current price of $83.54.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CRH has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CRH are expected to grow by 11.69% in the coming year, from $5.90 to $6.59 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CRH is 14.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CRH is 14.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CRH has a PEG Ratio of 1.61. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.79% of the float of CRH has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CRH has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.51, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CRH has recently decreased by 6.32%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

CRH pays a meaningful dividend of 1.90%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CRH does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CRH is 27.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CRH will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.67% next year. This indicates that CRH will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.65

News Sentiment

CRH has a news sentiment score of -0.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for CRH this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

35 people have searched for CRH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 52% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added CRH to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 13% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CRH insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.13% of the stock of CRH is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

62.50% of the stock of CRH is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/31/2026
• Record date for 9/16 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/16 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/16/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Construction Materials
• Sub-Industry: Construction Materials
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CRH
• CIK: 849395
• Web: www.crh.com
• Phone: (531) 404-1000
• Fax: 353-1404-1007
• Employees: 83,032
• Year Founded: 1970

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CRH: $134.19
• High Price Target: $165.60
• Low Price Target: $105.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +60.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.06
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.67
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.16
• P/E Growth: 1.62
• Net Income: $3.73 billion
• Net Margins: 9.93%
• Pretax Margin: 13.29%
• Return on Equity: 15.76%
• Return on Assets: 6.64%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.58
• Quick Ratio: 1.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $37.45 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.48
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 665,280,000
• Free Float: 664,419,000
• Market Cap: $55.58 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.31