CRH (CRH) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.62 (As of Dec. 2023)

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CRH's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,121 Mil. CRH's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10,901 Mil. CRH's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20,854 Mil. CRH's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.62.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for CRH's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CRH' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49 Med: 0.61 Max: 0.94
Current: 0.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of CRH was 0.94. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.61.

CRH's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.3% of 355 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 0.39 vs CRH: 0.62

CRH Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CRH's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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CRH Annual Data

Trend

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Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.92

0.71

0.60

0.49

0.62

CRH Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.60	0.54	0.49	0.54	0.62

Competitive Comparison

For the Building Materials subindustry, CRH's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

CRH Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, CRH's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CRH's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

CRH Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CRH's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(2121	+	10901)	/	20854
	=	0.62

CRH's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(2121	+	10901)	/	20854
	=	0.62

CRH (NYSE:CRH) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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CRH (CRH) Business Description

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CRHl:UK CRH:UK CRG:Germany

Address

Stonemason’s Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin, IRL, D16 KH51

Website

https://www.crh.com

CRH is a global manufacturer of a range of building products used in construction projects, operating via a vertically integrated business model. The past decade has seen CRH transform into a leading building materials business, with increasing exposure to upstream building activities such as aggregates and cement. CRH's geographic footprint is mostly across developed markets. North America is CRH's largest market and accounts for 59% of sales. The company is the largest producer of aggregates and asphalt in the U.S.