CRH (CRH) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.09
- Estimate
- $2.03
- Surprise
- +2.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $11.40B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
CRH (CRH) beat the $2.03 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.09 — a modest 2.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Hold at 5.9/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CRH Hold at 5.9/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +2.8% surprise compares with a +5.6% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
- Overbought (RSI 76)
- Below 200-MA, MA slope -5.5%/30d (confirmed downtrend)
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
- $90.62
- Price target
- $110.45
- Stop
- $85.64
- Upside to target
- +21.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.6:1
At 16.0× trailing and 14.3× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 76 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 2.1× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — 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
- $60.29B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 16.0
- 52-week range
- $78.62–$131.55
- Off 52-week high
- 31.1%
- RSI (14)
- 76
- Volume vs avg
- 2.06×
- Score today
- 5.9/10