CRH plc (CRH)

FairStock Score: 51/100 — MIXED

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I approach CRH as a cyclical building-materials operator, not a consumer franchise. FairStock’s computed Lynch category is CYCLICAL — Building Materials, with earnings following the economic cycle, and the filed numbers fit that. FY2025 revenue was $37.4B, net income $3.8B, and diluted EPS $5.51, up from FY2024’s $35.6B, $3.5B, and $5.02. In fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $10.8B, net income $1.5B, and diluted EPS $2.21, ahead of fiscal Q2 2025’s $10.2B, $1.3B, and $1.94. But fiscal Q1 2026, ended 2026-03-31, showed a $176.0M net loss and diluted EPS of -$0.27, so seasonality and cycle matter. The business produces cash: trailing free cash flow was $2.8B, a 4.9% FCF yield. FairStock at the 2026-10-26 close shows P/E 15.09, P/B 2.37, ROE 15.81%, ROCE 6.06%, D/E 0.78, Piotroski 7/9, Altman Z 2.06, PEG 1.19, and EV/EBITDA 8.87. Those are decent but not exceptional; ROCE is modest and leverage deserves watching. The moat is modest—scale and local market positions help, but building materials remain cyclical and capital-intensive. At $85.43, FairStock’s Graham Number is $67.79, a -25.22% margin of safety, so the price is not Graham-cheap. I see fair value, not a bargain.

In plain English: CRH plc makes building materials for roads, public infrastructure, and commercial and residential construction, mainly in the Americas and Europe. The business looks reasonably strong: filed sales and profit have grown, and it produces solid cash flow, but it follows the construction cycle. At $85.43, the price looks closer to fair than cheap compared with the company’s current earnings and conservative value measures.

The full AI analysis, bull and bear case and key monitorables are in FairStock Pro.

Data as of 2026-10-26 close · note generated 2026-10-28 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

Fundamentals from company filings and market-data providers; prices are end-of-day, not real-time. AI-generated analysis is general and educational — not personal investment advice. Scoring methodology · Score test · Disclaimer