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World's largest building-materials company by revenue, supplying aggregates, cement and asphalt mainly across North America.
World's largest building-materials company by revenue, supplying aggregates, cement and asphalt mainly across North America.
Sells heavy materials that are costly to ship, so each quarry or plant serves a local market, which is why it owns many regional businesses. North America is the main profit source, with public road budgets a major buyer. It moved its primary listing from London to New York in 2023.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, regulatory licence). Aggregates quarries are locally licensed and costly to permit near demand centers.
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland · Founded: 1970 · Employees: 83,032
Size CRH (CRH) is a United States Materials company (Construction Materials) with a market value of $63.1B, the 207th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $94.81 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 16.4%, against -4.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 8 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.9%); the operating margin is 14.1% (peer median 15.9%).
Valuation It trades at 16.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.5× (3rd cheapest of 8).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +5 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.1 points below its cost of capital (9.9% WACC).
Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $3.28B at 30 Sep 2026, down 9% on a year earlier — 0.1 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →
Credit CRH has 12 bonds outstanding ($9.60B), rated BBB+ by the agencies and trading like A- at a weighted spread of 82 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 2.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 4 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $39.0B | $37.4B | $35.6B | $34.9B | $32.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +2% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | $14.1B | $13.5B | $12.7B | $12.0B | $10.8B |
| EBITDA | $7.74B | $7.48B | $6.72B | $6.11B | $5.34B |
| Net income | $3.56B | $3.73B | $3.46B | $3.15B | $3.90B |
| Free cash flow | $2.62B | $2.96B | $2.46B | $3.24B | $2.31B |
| Capital expenditure | $2.63B | $2.71B | $2.58B | $1.82B | $1.52B |
| Total debt | $21.6B | $19.7B | $15.6B | $13.1B | $11.0B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRH CRH | $63.1B | -16% | +6% | 14% | 16.0× | 11.0% |
| Martin Marietta Materials MLM | $36.8B | -12% | +9% | 20% | 28.8× | 23.2% |
| Vulcan Materials VMC | $36.3B | 0% | +2% | 21% | 29.5× | 18.7% |
| Amrize AMRZ | $22.9B | -21% | +4% | 16% | 17.2× | -0.1% |
| Holcim HOLN.SW | $48.4B | -3% | -26% | 16% | 19.5× | 1.4% |
| Heidelberg Materials HEI.DE | $34.3B | -5% | 0% | 15% | 13.5× | 4.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | CRH | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +15.8% | +14.7% | 3rd highest of 8 |
| 6-month return | -16.4% | -4.6% | 3rd lowest of 8 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -27.4% | -21.6% | 3rd lowest of 8 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.6% | +3.9% | 4th highest of 8 |
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 15.9% | 3rd lowest of 8 |
| Forward P/E | 16.0× | 19.5× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 11.0% | 4.9% | 4th most demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.3% | +4.7% | 3rd highest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +4.7 pp | +8.4 pp | 4th least demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.1 pp | +0.1 pp | 4th lowest of 8 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5× | 13.0× | 4th cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.1× | 2.2× | 4th least indebted of 8 |
| Bond spread | 82 bp | 85 bp | 2nd tightest of 7 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRH CRH | United States | $63.1B | -16% | +6% | 14% | 16.0× | 11.0% | +6.3% |
| Holcim HOLN.SW | Switzerland | $48.4B | -3% | -26% | 16% | 19.5× | 1.4% | -7.4% |
| Martin Marietta Materials MLM | United States | $36.8B | -12% | +9% | 20% | 28.8× | 23.2% | +5.4% |
| Vulcan Materials VMC | United States | $36.3B | 0% | +2% | 21% | 29.5× | 18.7% | +10.3% |
| Heidelberg Materials HEI.DE | Germany | $34.3B | -5% | 0% | 15% | 13.5× | 4.9% | +4.0% |
| Amrize AMRZ | United States | $22.9B | -21% | +4% | 16% | 17.2× | -0.1% | +3.3% |
| Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored ADR CX | United States | $16.6B | -18% | +10% | 13% | 11.2× | 4.4% | +4.7% |
| James Hardie Industries JHX | United States | $16.2B | +33% | +43% | 14% | 21.0× | 26.1% | +10.7% |
CRH has 12 bonds outstanding with $9.60B face value. The agencies rate it BBB+; its bonds trade like A-. Weighted yield 5.33%, a spread of 82 bp over government bonds.
CRH reported $3.28B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, down 9% from a year earlier and up 1% from the previous quarter. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.00.