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CRH PLC (CRH) vs James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX)

CRH PLC and James Hardie Industries PLC. are both Building Materials companies. CRH PLC is the larger, with a market value of $54.8B against $15.0B — 3.6× the size. CRH PLC trades at the lower P/E: 14.6× against 103×. James Hardie Industries PLC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.9% against 6.29%. CRH PLC has the higher net margin (9.88% vs 2.69%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.37% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, CRH PLC leads on 17 and James Hardie Industries PLC. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CRH JHX Building Materials median
P/E 14.65 103.28 17.42
P/S 1.44 2.77 1.63
P/B 2.22 2.29 2.18
Price to free cash flow 17.93 32.25 28.70
EV/EBITDA 9.26 16.62 9.23
EV/Sales 1.83 3.48 1.90
Earnings yield 6.83% 0.97% 4.89%
Free cash flow yield 5.58% 3.10% 3.13%

Profitability

Metric CRH JHX Building Materials median
Gross margin 36.25% 35.88% 27.27%
Operating margin 13.85% 9.73% 13.85%
Net margin 9.88% 2.69% 9.59%
Free cash flow margin 8.06% 8.59% 8.06%
Return on equity 15.78% 3.31% 9.62%
Return on assets 6.78% 1.44% 5.86%
Return on invested capital 8.37% 3.17% 6.03%

Growth

Metric CRH JHX Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.29% 42.93% 6.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.76% (80.61%) (0.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.30% 10.70% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 27.16% (16.92%) 7.04%

Health

Metric CRH JHX Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.71 0.67 0.51
Current ratio 1.58 1.59 1.58
Net debt to EBITDA 1.82 4.35 1.48

Dividend

Metric CRH JHX Building Materials median
Dividend yield 1.84% — 0.93%
Payout ratio 0.27 — 0.19

Size

Metric CRH JHX Building Materials median
Market cap 54.77b 15.04b 2.68b

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