After Hours
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Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Building Materials industry segment, falling under the Basic Materials sector. The current market capitalization of CRH Plc is $66.15B. A total of 16.96 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 5.27M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Mintern Denis James sold 4,097 shares of CRH for 102.93 per share on Mar 03 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 35,757 company shares. In a previous transaction on Mar 03 ’25, Connolly Alan sold 10,680 shares at 102.93 per share. CRH shares that the insider owns now total 52,341.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Manifold Albert Jude disposed of 7,000 shares on Feb 28 ’25 at a per-share price of $100.82. This resulted in the holding 80,083 shares of CRH after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Connolly, Alan bought 22,298 shares at $102.52 per share on Mar 03 ’25.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. CRH Plc pays an annual dividend of $0.37, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.38%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.38. CRH’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.5% when it declared a $0.37 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/14/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/22/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.4%. The CRH stock dividend was $0.2620 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, CRH has a high of $110.97 and a low of $71.18.
As of this writing, CRH has an earnings estimate of -$0.09 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 6.0 estimates, with a high estimate of -$0.01 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.17.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. CRH’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $5.78B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $12.16B in debt and $7.58B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $31.90, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $20.91B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for CRH is Buy with a score of 4.67.
