CRH Plc [NYSE: CRH] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.45% on Thursday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 0.04%.
Over the last 12 months, CRH stock dropped by -3.73%. The one-year CRH Plc stock forecast points to a potential downside of -4678004.0. The average equity rating for CRH stock is currently 1.44, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $60.21 billion, with 676.64 million shares outstanding and 674.60 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.29M shares, CRH stock reached a trading volume of 5252266 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on CRH Plc [CRH]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CRH shares is $113.08 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CRH stock is a recommendation set at 1.44. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Bernstein have made an estimate for CRH Plc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on May 13, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, HSBC Securities raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on November 11, 2024, representing the official price target for CRH Plc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $110, while Barclays analysts kept a Overweight rating on CRH stock. On July 09, 2024, analysts increased their price target for CRH shares from 87 to 88.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.85, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 4.96. Price to Free Cash Flow for CRH in the course of the last twelve months was 25.75 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.07.
CRH Stock Performance Analysis:
CRH Plc [CRH] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.04. With this latest performance, CRH shares dropped by -6.45% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -4.88% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -3.73% in the past year of trading.
Insight into CRH Plc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and CRH Plc [CRH] shares currently have an operating margin of 13.66% and a Gross Margin at 35.57%. CRH Plc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 9.07%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 6.61%, with Return on Assets sitting at 6.61%.
CRH Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CRH. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for CRH Plc go to 8.47%.
CRH Plc [CRH] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $87.83%, or 87.94% of CRH stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CRH stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 38.91 million shares, which is approximately 5.6757%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 35.29 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.65 billion in CRH stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.19 billion in CRH stock with ownership which is approximately 4.2517%.
