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After finishing at $96.14 in the prior trading day, CRH Plc (NYSE: CRH) closed at $98.76, up 2.73%. In other words, the price has increased by $2.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.64 million shares were traded. CRH stock price reached its highest trading level at $99.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $95.98.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CRH by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.81 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 27.65. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.91 and its Current Ratio is at 1.37. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.72 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.57.
On October 29, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $110.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Equal-Weight to Overweight on July 09, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $87 to $88.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when Mintern Denis James sold 4,097 shares for $102.93 per share. The transaction valued at 421,693 led to the insider holds 35,757 shares of the business.
Connolly Alan sold 10,680 shares of CRH for $1,099,262 on Mar 03 ’25. The insider now owns 52,341 shares after completing the transaction at $102.93 per share. On Feb 28 ’25, another insider, Manifold Albert Jude, who serves as the of the company, sold 7,000 shares for $100.82 each. As a result, the insider received 705,711 and left with 80,083 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CRH now has a Market Capitalization of 66919579648 and an Enterprise Value of 79896674304. As of this moment, CRH’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.61, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.23. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.18. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.88 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.10. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.246 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.877.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CRH is 1.27, which has changed by 0.15158582 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CRH has reached a high of $110.97, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $71.18. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.50%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.39%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 5.03M shares per day over the past 3-months and 9191570 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 677.29M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 670.97M. Insiders hold about 1.01% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.89% stake in the company. Shares short for CRH as of 1740700800 were 12908776 with a Short Ratio of 2.57, compared to 1738281600 on 12041852. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12908776 and a Short% of Float of 1.91.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, CRH’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.4, compared to 0.37 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014562096The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.5. The current Payout Ratio is 28.31% for CRH, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-08-23 with an ex-dividend date of 1741910400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-08-24 when the company split stock in a 5:1 ratio.
