CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) is 6.94% 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 $97.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.11%.
Currently trading at $98.94, the stock is 5.23% and 7.38% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.18 million and changing 1.13% at the moment leaves the stock 5.43% off its SMA200. CRH registered 19.85% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -1.21%.
The stock witnessed a 16.37% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.64%, and is 4.60% up 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 2.10% over the week and 2.55% over the month.
CRH Plc (CRH) has around 79800 employees, a market worth around $66.88B and $35.80B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.94 and Fwd P/E is 15.47. Profit margin for the company is 9.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 39.01% and -10.84% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.91%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.79% this year.
CRH Plc (CRH) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 676.64M, and float is at 676.40M with Short Float at 2.10%.
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
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by ORiordain Padraig, the company’s Group General Counsel. SEC filings show that ORiordain Padraig bought 1,492 shares of the company’s common stock on May 13 ’25 at a price of $99.16 per share for a total of $0.15 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 1492.0 shares.
CRH Plc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 03 ’25 that Mintern Denis James (Chief Executive Officer) sold a total of 4,097 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 03 ’25 and was made at $102.93 per share for $0.42 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 35757.0 shares of the CRH stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Connolly Alan disposed off 10,680 shares at an average price of $102.93 for $1.1 million. The insider now directly holds 52,341 shares of CRH Plc (CRH).
