CRH vs. SVT, ACA, IGP, NWF, EML, PRZ, SHAW, SKY, PLP, and BREE
Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Severn Trent (SVT), Acacia Mining (ACA), Intercede Group (IGP), NWF Group (NWF), Emmerson (EML), 18705 (PRZ.L) (PRZ), Shawbrook Group (SHAW), SKY (SKY), Genuit Group (PLP), and Breedon Group (BREE).
CRH vs. Its Competitors
CRH (LON:CRH) and Severn Trent (LON:SVT) are both construction materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CRH pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severn Trent pays out 195.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CRH has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of 6.00%. CRH's return on equity of 18.07% beat Severn Trent's return on equity.
91.8% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of CRH shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Severn Trent. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Severn Trent had 3 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Severn Trent and 1 mentions for CRH. Severn Trent's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat CRH's score of 0.00 indicating that Severn Trent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Severn Trent has a consensus target price of GBX 2,600, indicating a potential downside of 3.35%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than CRH.
CRH has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CRH beats Severn Trent on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CRH) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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