CRH vs. VMC, MLM, JHX, FBIN, EXP, CX, WFG, SKY, ACA, and TGLS
Should you be buying CRH stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRH include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Eagle Materials (EXP), CEMEX (CX), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), and Tecnoglass (TGLS). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
CRH vs.
CRH (NYSE:CRH) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
CRH currently has a consensus target price of $107.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus target price of $301.18, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given Vulcan Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than CRH.
Vulcan Materials received 137 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 56.86% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 11.43% compared to CRH's net margin of 9.86%. CRH's return on equity of 16.35% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 1 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 15 mentions for CRH. CRH's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 0.84 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.5% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CRH pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 29.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vulcan Materials has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. CRH is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Vulcan Materials. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CRH has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CRH and Vulcan Materials tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff