NYSE:CRH - CRH Stock Price, Forecast & News

CRH's stock was trading at $29.62 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CRH stock has decreased by 11.4% and is now trading at $26.25. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CRH in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for CRH.

CRH declared a semi-annual dividend on Tuesday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.7042 per share on Tuesday, May 5th. This represents a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View CRH's dividend history.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for CRH's stock. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $33.40. On average, they anticipate CRH's stock price to reach $32.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CRH.

Headlines about CRH stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CRH earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutCRH.

CRH saw a decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 581,100 shares, a decrease of 26.9% from the February 27th total of 795,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 751,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View CRH's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to CRH include Lafargeholcim (HCMLY), ANHUI CONCH CEM/ADR (AHCHY), HEIDELBERGCEMEN/ADR (HDELY), Buzzi Unicem (BZZUF), Cemex SAB de CV (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Cementos Pacasmayo (CPAC) and Loma Negra Compania Indl Argentina (LOMA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CRH investors own include Carillion (CLLN), CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Designer Brands (DBI), Carclo (CAR), Micron Technology (MU), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW) and HSBC (HSBC).

CRH trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CRH."

Shares of CRH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CRH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.25.

CRH has a market capitalization of $20.58 billion and generates $32.09 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $2.16 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.56 on an earnings per share basis. CRH employs 80,300 workers across the globe. View additional information about CRH.

The official website for CRH is http://www.crh.com/.

CRH's mailing address is Stonemason's Way Rathfarnham, Dublin L2, Dublin 16. The construction company can be reached via phone at 353-1404-1000 or via email at [email protected]