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CRH PLC (CRH) vs Vulcan Materials Company (VMC)

CRH PLC and Vulcan Materials Company are both Building Materials companies. CRH PLC is the larger, with a market value of $63.5B against $36.6B — 1.7× the size. CRH PLC trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 33.5×. CRH PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.58% against 1.61%. Vulcan Materials Company has the higher net margin (13.8% vs 9.13%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.04% vs 8.32%). Both pay a dividend; CRH PLC yields more (1.62% vs 0.72%). Across the 23 metrics below, CRH PLC leads on 15 and Vulcan Materials Company on 8.

Valuation

Metric CRH VMC Building Materials median
P/E 18.13 33.53 18.55
P/S 1.63 4.59 1.63
P/B 2.44 4.36 2.40
Price to free cash flow 22.56 45.84 32.17
EV/EBITDA 10.17 17.51 10.02
EV/Sales 2.00 5.11 2.00
Earnings yield 5.52% 2.98% 4.74%
Free cash flow yield 4.43% 2.18% 2.78%

Profitability

Metric CRH VMC Building Materials median
Gross margin 36.23% 27.48% 26.23%
Operating margin 13.85% 20.28% 14.50%
Net margin 9.13% 13.77% 9.60%
Free cash flow margin 7.22% 10.01% 7.85%
Return on equity 14.16% 12.84% 8.83%
Return on assets 5.93% 6.55% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 8.32% 8.04% 6.51%

Growth

Metric CRH VMC Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.58% 1.61% 5.02%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.76% 18.39% 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.30% 10.33% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 27.16% 13.00% 7.04%

Health

Metric CRH VMC Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.75 0.52 0.52
Current ratio 1.46 1.43 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.82 1.76 1.62

Dividend

Metric CRH VMC Building Materials median
Dividend yield 1.62% 0.72% 0.86%
Payout ratio 0.29 0.24 0.19

Size

Metric CRH VMC Building Materials median
Market cap 63.50b 36.64b 3.53b

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