Free Trial

CRH (CRH) Competitors

CRH logo
GBX 7,253.06 +219.06 (+3.11%)
As of 12:13 PM Eastern

CRH vs. SVT, ACA, NWF, IGP, EML, PRZ, SHAW, SKY, BREE, and PLP

Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Severn Trent (SVT), Acacia Mining (ACA), NWF Group (NWF), Intercede Group (IGP), Emmerson (EML), 18705 (PRZ.L) (PRZ), Shawbrook Group (SHAW), SKY (SKY), Breedon Group (BREE), and Genuit Group (PLP).

CRH vs.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and CRH (LON:CRH) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Severn Trent£2.97B2.79£177.90M£59.9146.32
CRH£44.94B1.36£4.69B£437.9216.40

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 0.24 beat CRH's score of -0.72 indicating that Severn Trent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Severn Trent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CRH
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Severn Trent presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,600, indicating a potential downside of 6.31%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than CRH.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
CRH
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. CRH pays an annual dividend of GBX 104 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CRH shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Severn Trent6.00% 10.40% 2.35%
CRH 10.44%18.07%6.20%

Severn Trent received 47 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.26% of users gave CRH an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
367
52.35%
Underperform Votes
334
47.65%
CRHOutperform Votes
320
64.26%
Underperform Votes
178
35.74%

Summary

CRH beats Severn Trent on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get CRH News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CRH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

CRH vs. The Competition

MetricCRHBuilding Materials IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£61.29B£7.58B£3.04B£2.57B
Dividend Yield1.33%2.45%5.18%4.84%
P/E Ratio16.4019.8076.03133.68
Price / Sales1.36249.7225,549,533,275,675,700.00240,234.95
Price / Cash3.588.0624.3228.19
Price / Book2.131.245.214.55
Net Income£4.69B£545.26M£155.11M£5.86B
7 Day Performance6.30%2.49%0.20%2.76%
1 Month Performance6.18%4.29%2.41%8.94%
1 Year Performance15.65%10.67%17.60%114.04%

CRH Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 7,253.06
+3.1%
N/A+12.8%£61.88B£44.94B16.5677,400
SVT
Severn Trent
1.2944 of 5 stars
GBX 2,761.55
+0.8%
GBX 2,600
-5.8%
+13.1%£8.25B£2.97B46.09270
ACA
Acacia Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/A£959.60M£645.41M468.005,230High Trading Volume
NWF
NWF Group
N/AGBX 181
+2.3%
N/A-22.6%£89.86M£954.62M9.871,339
IGP
Intercede Group
N/AGBX 150.50
-2.3%
N/A+48.3%£85.21M£19.41M14.0999High Trading Volume
EML
Emmerson
N/AGBX 1.54
-0.6%
N/A-29.7%£24.68MN/A-6.801,190Gap Up
PRZ
18705 (PRZ.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,570Gap Down
SHAW
Shawbrook Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/A
SKY
SKY
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.008,400
BREE
Breedon Group
3.7543 of 5 stars
GBX 441.40
-0.7%
GBX 578.33
+31.0%
+19.0%£1.52B£1.52B15.803,900News Coverage
PLP
Genuit Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.40B£398.60M67.503,139Positive News
Gap Up

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:CRH) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners