CRH PLC

CRH Basic Materials Building Materials

CRH PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $37.4 billion, up 5.27% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.59%, EPS grew 13.9%, free cash flow fell 25.9% and total debt rose 13.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

83.63 1.31 +1.59%
Market cap
$54.8B
P/E
14.6×
Fwd P/E
17.7×
Dividend yield
1.84%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.20
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
69/100

CRH PLC (CRH) Return on invested capital

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CRH PLC's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 8.37%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.50%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.10% (fiscal 2015) to 10.7% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 6.03% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 8.50% (0.78)
FY2024 9.28% (1.40)
FY2023 10.7% 1.79
FY2022 8.89% 0.56
FY2021 8.33% 2.68
FY2020 5.65% (0.66)
FY2019 6.31% 0.58
FY2018 5.73% (0.73)
FY2017 6.46% 0.04
FY2016 6.42% 2.32

Against its own ten years

Low 4.10% High 10.7%
Ten-year median 6.46%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. compare 33.9%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 11.6%
CRH CRH PLC 8.37%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company compare 8.17%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd compare 6.54%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 5.51%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. compare 4.96%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 4.82%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. compare 3.17%
Building Materials industry median 6.03%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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