CRH short interest declines, indicating growing optimism among investors

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. CRH Plc shares valued at $4,436,392 were sold by Lake Randy on Aug 12 ’25. At $110.91 per share, Lake Randy sold 40,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 50,224 shares worth approximately $5.61 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, ORiordain Padraig purchased 1,492 shares, netting a total of over 147,941 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $99.16 each, the insider now holds 1,492 shares.

Before that, Mintern Denis James had sold 4,097 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $421,693, the Chief Executive Officer traded CRH Plc shares for $102.93 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,097 shares, worth approximately $4.0 million.

As published in a research note from DA Davidson on July 10, 2025, CRH Plc [CRH] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $105. Analysts at Bernstein started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. Earlier on October 29, 2024, Barclays initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Overweight” for CRH stock.

Analyzing CRH Stock Performance

On last trading session, CRH Plc [NYSE: CRH] plunged -1.67% to $111.75. The stock’s lowest price that day was $111.47, but it reached a high of $113.13 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.52%. Over the course of the year, CRH Plc shares have jumped approximately 36.45%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $113.95 on 08/13/25 and a 52-week low of $76.75 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for CRH Plc (CRH)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 111.10, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 110.46. In the upper region, resistance lies at 112.76. The next price resistance is at 113.78. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 72.02 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is CRH Plc subject to short interest?

Stocks of CRH Plc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -0.57 million shares to 11.95 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 12.52 million shares. A decline of -4.81% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.2.

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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 0.31% from the previous closing price of $113.65. 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 July 09, 2024, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $88.

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