A new trading day began on Monday, with CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) stock price up 5.90% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $119.49. CRH’s price has ranged from $76.75 to $121.99 over the past 52 weeks.
Annual sales at Basic Materials sector company grew by 18.51% over the past five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 1.79%. With a float of $671.13 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $672.66 million.
CRH Plc (CRH) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Building Materials Industry. The insider ownership of CRH Plc is 0.23%, while institutional ownership is 83.00%. 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) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.18 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). 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 1.79% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.56% during the next five years compared to 18.51% growth over the previous five years of trading.
CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are CRH Plc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.02. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 32.03.
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 6.11 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of CRH Plc (CRH)
CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) saw its 5-day average volume 9.32 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 5.13 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.11%.
During the past 100 days, CRH Plc’s (CRH) raw stochastic average was set at 98.37%, which indicates a significant increase from 97.18% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.65 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 2.31 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $116.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $102.72. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $127.49 in the near term. At $128.43, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $129.76. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $125.21, it is likely to go to the next support level at $123.88. The third support level lies at $122.93 if the price breaches the second support level.
CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 84.82 billion, the company has a total of 670,271K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 35,572 M while annual income is 3,458 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 11,069 M while its latest quarter income was 1,496 M.
