CRH plc

DB:CRG Stock Report

Market Cap: €63.4b

CRH Valuation

Is CRG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CRG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CRG (€92.88) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€169.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CRG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CRG?

Key metric: As CRG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CRG. This is calculated by dividing CRG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CRG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.6x
EarningsUS$3.45b
Market CapUS$66.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CRG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CRG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.2x
HEI Heidelberg Materials
11.4x7.3%€21.2b
STO3 Sto SE KGaA
11x7.8%€723.6m
BAS BASF
77.4x34.2%€38.5b
SY1 Symrise
36.9x12.6%€14.5b
CRG CRH
19.6x8.7%€66.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CRG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the peer average (34.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CRG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Basic Materials Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CRG 19.6xIndustry Avg. 12.5xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CRG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the European Basic Materials industry average (13.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CRG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CRG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.6x
Fair PE Ratio20.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CRG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CRG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€92.88
€104.70
+12.7%
12.0%€124.44€70.29n/a23
Nov ’25€87.48
€95.25
+8.9%
10.2%€116.27€68.29n/a23
Oct ’25€82.30
€90.75
+10.3%
10.0%€103.79€66.21n/a22
Sep ’25€80.44
€89.29
+11.0%
9.9%€104.01€66.35n/a22
Aug ’25€78.00
€89.40
+14.6%
9.5%€101.24€62.59n/a22
Jul ’25€69.22
€91.06
+31.6%
10.0%€105.29€63.36n/a22
Jun ’25€73.84
€90.36
+22.4%
10.2%€104.34€62.79n/a21
May ’25€73.68
€87.50
+18.8%
10.5%€99.50€63.83n/a19
Apr ’25€79.66
€84.67
+6.3%
10.1%€97.34€63.04n/a19
Mar ’25€77.20
€79.13
+2.5%
14.2%€93.20€53.52n/a18
Feb ’25€66.14
€70.75
+7.0%
12.1%€83.96€50.74n/a17
Jan ’25n/a
€66.90
0%
11.2%€81.80€49.99n/a16
Dec ’24n/a
€64.00
0%
13.5%€82.23€46.60n/a15
Nov ’24n/a
€62.93
0%
14.1%€74.08€48.19€87.489
Oct ’24n/a
€67.46
0%
7.9%€74.35€58.65€82.305

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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