Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. CRH Plc shares valued at $147,941 were purchased by ORiordain Padraig on May 13 ’25. At $99.16 per share, ORiordain Padraig acquired 1,492 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 1,492 shares worth approximately $0.14 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Mintern Denis James sold 4,097 shares, netting a total of over 421,693 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $102.93 each, the insider now holds 35,757 shares.
Before that, Connolly Alan had sold 10,680 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,099,262, the insider traded CRH Plc shares for $102.93 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,680 shares, worth approximately $4.85 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Bernstein on May 13, 2025, CRH Plc [CRH] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $115. As of October 29, 2024, Barclays has initiated its “an Overweight” rating for CRH. Earlier on July 09, 2024, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for CRH stock which previously was a “an Equal-weight”.
Analyzing CRH Stock Performance
On last trading session,, CRH Plc [NYSE: CRH] rose 1.68% to $92.61. The stock’s lowest price that day was $90.36, but it reached a high of $93.42 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.20%. Over the course of the year, CRH Plc shares have jumped approximately 0.10%.
Support And Resistance Levels for CRH Plc (CRH)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 48.44 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is CRH Plc subject to short interest?
Stocks of CRH Plc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -3.28 million shares to 10.93 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 14.22 million shares. A decline of -30.01% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.15 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.15.
Which companies own the most shares of CRH Plc (CRH)?
In terms of CRH Plc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 114 in the next 12 months, up nearly 25.16% from the previous closing price of $91.08. Analysts anticipate CRH Plc stock to reach 120 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 108. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked CRH Plc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 18, 2024, Stephens assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $95.
