Don't Buy CRH PLC Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Scott Lee • Tuesday, January 03 12:01 • Permanent Link

Shares of Building Materials company CRH PLC jumped 2.6% today. With many investors piling into CRH without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

CRH PLC has moved -26.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -19.9%
CRH has an average analyst rating of strong buy and is -21.48% away from its mean target price of $52 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (Eps) is $3.58
CRH PLC has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (Eps) is $0.18 and its forward P/E ratio is 226.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.5 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
CRH PLC is part of the Basic Materials sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 8.57 and an average P/B of 1.86
CRH has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 174.3% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $1,598,749,952.00, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
CRH plc, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes building materials.

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