CRH (CRH) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.93
- Estimate
- $2.02
- Surprise
- -4.2%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $10.78B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.5 → 5.6/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
CRH (CRH) missed the $2.02 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.93 — a clear 4.2% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.5/10) to Sell at 5.6/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CRH Sell at 5.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -4.2% surprise compares with a +0.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-29.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Analyst upside: 39%
What argues against it
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
- Negative momentum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $88.55
- Price target
- $123.13
- Stop
- $84.23
- Upside to target
- +39.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 6.9:1
At 15.6× trailing and 13.6× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CRH at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Building Materials
- Market cap
- $58.91B
- P/E (fwd)
- 13.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 15.6
- 52-week range
- $86.84–$131.55
- Off 52-week high
- 32.7%
- RSI (14)
- 34
- Volume vs avg
- 0.99×
- Score today
- 5.5/10