CRH plc

BATS-CHIXE:CRHL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£52.1b

CRH Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

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

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CRHL (£80) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (£82.62)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CRHL is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CRHL. This is calculated by dividing CRHL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CRHL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.1x
EarningsUS$3.73b
Market CapUS$69.78b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CRHL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.5x
BREE Breedon Group
13.1x14.18%UK£1.1b
RHIM RHI Magnesita
15.4x26.23%UK£1.1b
SRC SigmaRoc
16.1x15.92%UK£1.3b
ANTO Antofagasta
33.6x9.77%UK£33.3b
CRHL CRH
19.1x9.51%UK£69.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CRHL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x) compared to the peer average (19.5x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No. of Companies7PE0816243240+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CRHL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x) compared to the European Basic Materials industry average (14.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CRHL'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.

CRHL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.1x
Fair PE Ratio31.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CRHL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x).

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 CRHL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£80.00
UK£107.26
+34.07%
9.35%UK£122.77UK£79.08n/a25
Mar ’27UK£88.38
UK£105.27
+19.12%
9.60%UK£120.94UK£77.91n/a24
Feb ’27UK£88.76
UK£101.75
+14.63%
10.68%UK£118.80UK£69.54n/a24
Jan ’27UK£92.90
UK£103.90
+11.84%
10.81%UK£123.33UK£71.76n/a25
Dec ’26UK£90.14
UK£102.01
+13.17%
8.11%UK£113.52UK£72.65n/a24
Nov ’26UK£90.00
UK£101.01
+12.23%
9.45%UK£115.20UK£68.21n/a24
Oct ’26UK£89.40
UK£95.56
+6.89%
10.38%UK£112.76UK£66.77n/a22
Sep ’26UK£82.00
UK£88.91
+8.43%
9.63%UK£105.35UK£66.77n/a19
Aug ’26UK£71.20
UK£85.68
+20.33%
7.43%UK£98.44UK£68.15n/a20
Jul ’26UK£68.44
UK£81.27
+18.74%
8.76%UK£94.98UK£63.68n/a24
Jun ’26UK£67.07
UK£82.87
+23.56%
8.74%UK£96.92UK£64.99n/a24
May ’26UK£73.23
UK£82.94
+13.26%
8.91%UK£97.36UK£67.15n/a24
Apr ’26UK£68.28
UK£89.16
+30.58%
8.24%UK£100.26UK£69.41n/a23
Mar ’26UK£81.33
UK£91.44
+12.44%
8.36%UK£103.33UK£71.54UK£88.3822
Feb ’26UK£80.64
UK£91.94
+14.01%
10.23%UK£106.15UK£69.16UK£88.7623
Jan ’26UK£74.04
UK£90.05
+21.62%
11.60%UK£103.81UK£58.64UK£92.9023
Dec ’25UK£80.58
UK£88.62
+9.98%
11.83%UK£104.54UK£59.06UK£90.1423
Nov ’25UK£74.10
UK£79.89
+7.81%
10.25%UK£97.52UK£57.27UK£90.0023
Oct ’25UK£67.84
UK£75.87
+11.83%
9.97%UK£86.76UK£55.35UK£89.4022
Sep ’25UK£67.52
UK£76.08
+12.68%
9.86%UK£88.62UK£56.53UK£82.0022
Aug ’25UK£64.28
UK£75.58
+17.58%
9.46%UK£85.59UK£52.91UK£71.2022
Jul ’25UK£57.82
UK£77.29
+33.68%
10.04%UK£89.37UK£53.78UK£68.4422
Jun ’25UK£61.04
UK£76.86
+25.92%
10.24%UK£88.76UK£53.41UK£67.0721
May ’25UK£62.20
UK£74.61
+19.95%
10.47%UK£84.84UK£54.43UK£73.2319
Apr ’25UK£68.28
UK£72.37
+5.99%
10.15%UK£83.19UK£53.88UK£68.2819
Mar ’25UK£66.24
UK£67.75
+2.28%
14.19%UK£79.80UK£45.83UK£81.3318
UK£106.95
Fair Value
25.2% undervalued intrinsic discount
25
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/24 05:47
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/24 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

CRH plc is covered by 42 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jean BrunyBanco de Sabadell. S.A.
Pierre Sylvain RousseauBarclays
Nabil AhmedBarclays