CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) on Friday, plunged -1.43% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $111.16. Within the past 52 weeks, CRH’s price has moved between $76.75 and $121.99.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 18.51%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 1.76%. With a float of $671.14 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $672.66 million.
CRH Plc (CRH) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Observing investor behavior towards Building Materials industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of CRH Plc is 0.23%, while institutional ownership is 82.95%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 12 ’25, was worth 4,436,392. In this transaction Chief Operating Officer of this company sold 40,000 shares at a rate of $110.91, taking the stock ownership to the 50,224 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 13 ’25, when Company’s Group General Counsel bought 1,492 for $99.16, making the entire transaction worth $147,941. This insider now owns 1,492 shares in total.
CRH Plc (CRH) Recent Fiscal highlights
As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 1.42) by -0.24. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.18 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 1.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.52% during the next five years compared to 18.51% growth over the previous five years of trading.
CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) Trading Performance Indicators
CRH Plc (CRH) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.02 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.99. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 27.74.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.03, a number that is poised to hit 1.53 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.13 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of CRH Plc (CRH)
Looking closely at CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH), its last 5-days average volume was 3.19 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 5.07 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.86%.
During the past 100 days, CRH Plc’s (CRH) raw stochastic average was set at 64.53%, which indicates a significant increase from 4.49% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.41 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 2.19 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $115.79, while its 200-day Moving Average is $101.76. However, in the short run, CRH Plc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $110.50. Second resistance stands at $111.44. The third major resistance level sits at $112.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $108.82, it is likely to go to the next support level at $108.08. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $107.14.
CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 73.44 billion based on 670,271K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 35,572 M and income totals 3,458 M. The company made 11,069 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 1,496 M in sales during its previous quarter.
