CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) is 8.05% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $71.18 and a high of $110.97 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CRH stock was last observed hovering at around $102.52 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.55%.
Currently trading at $99.97, the stock is -2.76% and 1.55% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.11 million and changing -2.49% at the moment leaves the stock 10.87% off its SMA200. CRH registered 26.03% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 13.96%.
The stock witnessed a 0.18% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.82%, and is -0.39% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.47% over the week and 2.80% over the month.
CRH Plc (CRH) has around 78500 employees, a market worth around $67.63B and $35.39B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.99 and Fwd P/E is 15.43. Profit margin for the company is 9.76%. Distance from 52-week low is 40.46% and -9.91% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.21%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.69% this year.
CRH Plc (CRH) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 679.83M, and float is at 672.79M with Short Float at 1.97%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 38.91 million shares valued at $2.92 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.6757% of the CRH Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 35.29 million shares valued at $2.65 billion to account for 5.1474 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BARCLAYS PLC which holds 29.15 million shares representing 4.2517% and valued at over $2.19 billion, while FMR LLC holds 3.9534 of the shares totaling 27.1 million with a market value of $2.03 billion.
CRH Plc (CRH) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at CRH Plc (CRH) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Manifold Albert Jude (Affiliate of the Issuer) Proposed Sale 116,446 shares at an average price of $102.52 for $11.94 million. The insider now directly holds shares of CRH Plc (CRH).
CRH Plc (CRH): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa ADR (PITPY) that is trading -15.03% down over the past 12 months. Melon S.A. (MELON) that is 0.00% lower over the same period.
