In the meantime, A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late October with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. Morgan Stanley also remained covering CRH and has increased its forecast on July 09, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating. Stephens started covering the stock on June 18, 2024. It rated CRH as “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of CRH
On Friday, CRH Plc [NYSE:CRH] saw its stock fall -0.76% to $99.03. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.20%. CRH Plc shares have risen nearly 7.04% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 37.27% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $104.23 was reached on 01/24/25, a 52-week low of $71.18 was recorded on 01/13/25. SMA at 50 days reached $97.68, while 200 days put it at $87.81.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CRH Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 98.49, which if violated will result in even more drops to 97.95. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 100.08. A further resistance level may holdings at 101.13. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 57.51, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 1.43, which suggests price will go up in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bullish at 26.53%. Stochastics %K at 75.76% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in CRH Plc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CRH Plc stocks on 2025-01-15, dropping by 38762.0 shares to a total of 12.17 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-12-13 was 12.21 million shares. There was a decline of -0.32%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on May 14, 2024 when RBC Capital Mkts began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating along with a $110 price target.
