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CRH PLC (CRH) vs United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM)

CRH PLC and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. CRH PLC is the larger, with a market value of $63.5B against $3.4B — 18.5× the size. CRH PLC trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 25.6×. CRH PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.58% against 4.45%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has the higher net margin (35.1% vs 9.13%) and the higher return on invested capital (33.3% vs 8.32%). Both pay a dividend; CRH PLC yields more (1.62% vs 0.20%). Across the 23 metrics below, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. leads on 13 and CRH PLC on 10.

Valuation

Metric CRH USLM Building Materials median
P/E 18.13 25.62 18.55
P/S 1.63 9.01 1.63
P/B 2.44 4.68 2.40
Price to free cash flow 22.56 34.63 32.17
EV/EBITDA 10.17 16.48 10.02
EV/Sales 2.00 7.93 2.00
Earnings yield 5.52% 3.90% 4.74%
Free cash flow yield 4.43% 2.89% 2.78%

Profitability

Metric CRH USLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 36.23% 47.61% 26.23%
Operating margin 13.85% 41.24% 14.50%
Net margin 9.13% 35.08% 9.60%
Free cash flow margin 7.22% 26.01% 7.85%
Return on equity 14.16% 20.01% 8.83%
Return on assets 5.93% 18.42% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 8.32% 33.34% 6.51%

Growth

Metric CRH USLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.58% 4.45% 5.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.76% 23.22% 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.30% 18.32% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 27.16% 36.61% 7.04%

Health

Metric CRH USLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.75 0.00 0.52
Current ratio 1.46 22.29 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.82 (2.03) 1.62

Dividend

Metric CRH USLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield 1.62% 0.20% 0.86%
Payout ratio 0.29 0.05 0.19

Size

Metric CRH USLM Building Materials median
Market cap 63.50b 3.43b 3.53b

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