Stock · CRH · Basic Materials
Ireland · Large Cap · listed since 1993 · Revenue 12 mo. $38.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
CRH plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides building materials solutions in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally.
CRH plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides building materials solutions in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Americas Materials Solutions, Americas Building Solutions, and International Solutions. The company offers building materials for the construction and maintenance of public infrastructure, and commercial and residential buildings, as well as construction and renovation of transportation infrastructure, critical utility networks, commercial and residential buildings, and outdoor living spaces; paving and construction services; and produces and sells aggregates, cementitious materials, ready mixed concrete and mortars, and asphalt. It also manufactures, supplies, and delivers building products for the built environment in communities in North America; and provides building and infrastructure solutions for complex critical utility infrastructure, such as water, energy, transportation, and telecommunications projects, and outdoor living solutions for private and public spaces. In addition, the company produces and supplies precast and pre-stressed concrete products comprising vaults, pipes, and manholes; and concrete and polymer-based products, such as underground vaults, drainage systems, enclosures, and modular precast structures for applications in transportation, water, energy, and telecommunications markets. Further, it provides crushed stone, sand, and gravel; granite, limestone, and sandstone; fly ash, pozzolans, synthetic gypsum, calcined clay, and ground granulated blast-furnace slags; fencing and railing systems, lawn and garden products, and packaged concrete mixes; and concrete masonry, hardscape and related products, including pavers, blocks and curbs, retaining walls, and slabs. CRH plc was founded in 1936 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
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Summary
48.1 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2.6B (2025), it supports €29B. The remaining €24.2B of the market value assume it grows 8.5% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
8.5%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 11.7×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 13 quarters: 11.4× to 13.2×, median 12.6×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No anomaly in the stored figures.
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 15.63% | 10.66% | Rank 70 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 16.53% | 14.75% | Rank 54 |
| EBIT margin | 14.53% | 15.82% | Rank 48 |
| FCF margin | 7.78% | 8.70% | Rank 45 |
| Gross margin | 36.13% | 34.18% | Rank 58 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 5.27% | 4.25% | Rank 54 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 3.26% | 0.28% | Rank 55 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 31.34% | 13.36% | Rank 85 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 7.24% | 9.35% | Rank 39 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.85% | 4.98% | Rank 66 |
| FCF yield | 4.91% | 3.94% | Rank 60 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.99 | 2.36 | Rank 58 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 13.67 | 14.61 | Rank 58 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −27.00% | 8.75% | Rank 4 |
| Share price, 6 months | −16.17% | −1.37% | Rank 25 |
| Share price, 3 months | −0.51% | −1.16% | Rank 55 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −27.84% | −21.97% | Rank 27 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 7.66% | 0.63% | Rank 15 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.81% | −0.01% | Rank 77 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 3 | Rank 35 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.76% | 0.05% | Rank 88 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 41.15% | 54.83% | Rank 22 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 1.94 | 1.01 | Rank 30 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.80 | 0.37 | Rank 19 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 33.21% | 37.23% | Rank 62 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26.1 | 7.8% | $1.6B | 834M | 5.6 |
| 2017 | 24.3 | 8.4% | $1.1B | 841M | 7.0 |
| 2018 | 24.0 | 9.2% | $888.3M | 837M | 8.0 |
| 2019 | 24.8 | 10.1% | $2.5B | 808M | 6.5 |
| 2020 | 22.5 | 10.6% | $2.9B | 791M | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 25.8 | 11.5% | $2.7B | 787M | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 30.4 | 12.4% | $2.4B | 764M | 4.6 |
| 2023 | 31.8 | 14.1% | $2.9B | 729M | 6.1 |
| 2024 | 35.6 | 13.9% | $2.4B | 690M | 11.6 |
| 2025 | 37.4 | 14.5% | $2.9B | 677M | 15.1 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
CRH PLC mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
CRH PLC is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for CRH PLC.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 17.1 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 15.6% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 41.2% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.80 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CRH | CRH PLCthis page | |
| JHX.AX | James Hardie Industries Plc | locked |
| HOLN.SW | Holcim AG | locked |
| ULTRACEMCO.NS | UltraTech Cement Limited | locked |
| MLM | Martin Marietta Materials Inc | locked |
| VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | locked |
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