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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CRH
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CRHOutperform Votes
489
56.86%
Underperform Votes
371
43.14%
Vulcan MaterialsOutperform Votes
626
65.89%
Underperform Votes
324
34.11%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CRH9.86% 16.35% 7.25%
Vulcan Materials 11.43%11.88%6.38%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CRH
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vulcan Materials
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CRH$34.95B1.93$3.18B$5.0019.82
Vulcan Materials$7.78B4.67$933.20M$6.3443.39

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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CRH vs. The Competition

MetricCRHCement, hydraulic IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$67.33B$20.58B$9.50B$20.04B
Dividend Yield1.07%2.85%1.95%3.61%
P/E Ratio19.8311.0725.2841.68
Price / Sales1.931.533.7217.59
Price / CashN/A7.8122.4117.54
Price / BookN/A1.966.885.85
Net Income$3.18B$1.37B$516.82M$1.01B
7 Day Performance6.96%2.58%4.13%3.47%
1 Month Performance5.84%1.43%5.56%5.96%
1 Year Performance41.87%26.83%54.73%20.31%

CRH Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRH
CRH
3.9895 of 5 stars
$99.20
+1.5%
$107.75
+8.6%
+39.8%$67.38B$34.95B19.8478,500Positive News
Gap Up
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.4601 of 5 stars
$270.28
+0.4%
$301.18
+11.4%
+19.5%$35.69B$7.78B42.6310,382
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.7397 of 5 stars
$543.33
+2.3%
$648.71
+19.4%
+7.5%$33.21B$6.78B16.939,400Gap Up
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.5902 of 5 stars
$33.82
-1.3%
$40.25
+19.0%
-10.4%$14.53B$3.94B33.485,679
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
3.8468 of 5 stars
$74.76
+0.3%
$89.36
+19.5%
-4.0%$9.29B$4.63B21.0611,700
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.7579 of 5 stars
$256.82
+0.9%
$301.44
+17.4%
+25.6%$8.61B$2.26B18.142,500
CX
CEMEX
4.3614 of 5 stars
$5.36
-1.7%
$7.65
+42.9%
-28.2%$7.76B$17.25B17.8546,497News Coverage
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.0593 of 5 stars
$90.02
+1.5%
$111.60
+24.0%
+8.6%$7.22B$6.45B-70.3310,800Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
SKY
Skyline Champion
0.7961 of 5 stars
$90.58
-1.8%
$85.40
-5.7%
+29.4%$5.20B$2.02B34.978,600News Coverage
Gap Up
ACA
Arcosa
3.47 of 5 stars
$97.77
+0.8%
$105.50
+7.9%
+23.0%$4.77B$2.31B37.186,075High Trading Volume
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.9948 of 5 stars
$83.98
+3.3%
$77.40
-7.8%
+91.1%$3.95B$833.27M26.248,531News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CRH) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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