This morning we watched CRH PLC drop -1.6% to a price of $113.78 per share. The Large-Cap Building Materials company is now trading -14.73% below its average target price of $133.44. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $90.0 to $152.0 per share for CRH PLC, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.1%, and a short ratio of 3.57. The company's insiders own 0.13% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 85.8% of CRH PLC's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in CRH PLC
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | Vanguard Group Inc | 10% | 64,405,066 | $7,328,008,330 |
| 2025-06-30 | Blackrock Inc. | 6% | 40,526,412 | $4,611,095,107 |
| 2025-06-30 | FMR, LLC | 5% | 36,757,500 | $4,182,268,305 |
| 2025-06-30 | Franklin Resources, Inc. | 2% | 15,175,687 | $1,726,689,648 |
| 2025-06-30 | State Street Corporation | 2% | 13,335,870 | $1,517,355,272 |
| 2025-09-30 | Massachusetts Financial Services Co. | 2% | 12,361,185 | $1,406,455,614 |
| 2025-06-30 | NORGES BANK | 2% | 10,979,566 | $1,249,255,006 |
| 2025-06-30 | Royal Bank of Canada | 2% | 10,453,026 | $1,189,345,285 |
| 2025-09-30 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation | 1% | 9,788,282 | $1,113,710,714 |
| 2025-06-30 | Select Equity Group LP | 1% | 9,697,157 | $1,103,342,511 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on CRH PLC.
