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CRH

CRH
39
Construction Materials · Basic Materials
Price
$102.92
-2.67 (-2.53%)
Market Cap
$68.77B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
39
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

14.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 786.8M (2021) → 677.0M (2025)

CRH is one of the largest building materials companies in the world. It makes and sells the basic stuff used to construct roads, bridges, buildings, and homes — things like cement, asphalt, crushed stone, and concrete products. Its main customers are construction companies, governments, and contractors across North America and Europe.

CRH makes money by selling these materials directly to builders and infrastructure projects, with some additional revenue from construction services. The company operates in roughly 30 countries but earns most of its revenue in the United States, where it has a strong regional network of quarries, plants, and distribution sites that are hard for competitors to replicate. Its biggest growth driver is increased government spending on roads and infrastructure, particularly from the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — though the business is sensitive to slowdowns in construction activity, which tend to follow economic downturns and rising interest rates.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+9.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-81.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.2%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~8 months

$3.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

CRH has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
27.7%
Modest — 27.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
-0.5%
Losing money on operations — -0.5%
ROCE
-0.1%
Weak — -0.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+65.7%
Fast-growing sales (65.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+33.2%
Earnings growing fast (33.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
109%
Turns 109% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
5.1%
Thin free cash flow (5.1%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.80
Moderate — manageable debt (0.80)
Interest Cover
6.69x
Adequate interest coverage (6.7x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
17.6x
Fair value — P/E 17.6

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+3.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (17.6 → 14.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.41%
Small dividend — 1.41% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+5.6%
Dividend growing modestly (5.6% YoY)

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