CRH Plc’s recent filing unveils that its Chief Executive Officer Mintern Denis James unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.42 million on Mar 03 ’25. In the deal valued at $102.93 per share,4,097 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Mintern Denis James now holds 35,757 shares worth roughly $2.87 million.
Then, Connolly Alan sold 10,680 shares, generating $1,099,262 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $102.93, the insider now owns 52,341 shares.
Before that, Manifold Albert Jude sold 7,000 shares. CRH Plc shares valued at $705,711 were divested by the at a price of $100.82 per share. As a result of the transaction, Manifold Albert Jude now holds 80,083 shares, worth roughly $6.43 million.
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 Tuesday, CRH Plc [NYSE:CRH] saw its stock fall -1.07% to $80.35. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -9.57%. CRH Plc shares have fallen nearly -13.15% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -7.00% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $110.97 was reached on 02/18/25, a 52-week low of $71.18 was recorded on 04/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $97.57, while 200 days put it at $91.93.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CRH Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 77.63, which if violated will result in even more drops to 74.92. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 84.13. A further resistance level may holdings at 87.92. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 30.00, which indicates 30.00 technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -9.19, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 84.46%. Stochastics %K at 14.97% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in CRH Plc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in CRH Plc stocks on 2025-03-14, dropping by -1.73 million shares to a total of 11.54 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 13.27 million shares. There was a decline of -15.0%, 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.
