CRH completes preference share cancellation, shares extend multi?year gains
26.06.2026 - 10:22:04 | ad-hoc-news.de
By Julia Schmitt, Sector & Peer Group desk. Reviewed prior to publication on 2026-06-26, 10:21.
CRH (IE0001827041) has formally canceled its outstanding 5% and 7% preference shares following earlier shareholder approvals. The group, whose primary equity listing is on the NYSE, confirms the cancellation took effect on June 25, 2026, with delisting of the preference lines from Euronext Growth Dublin scheduled for June 26, 2026, according to a Business Wire release.
What CRH has confirmed
In its latest investor communication, CRH states that the separate arrangements for canceling its 5% and 7% preference shares have now taken legal effect as of June 25, 2026, completing a capital structure simplification first signaled in March 2026. The Business Wire announcement via Yahoo Finance notes that the preference shares will be delisted from Euronext Growth Dublin at 7:00 a.m. BST on Friday, June 26, 2026.
The transaction removes the small legacy preference share classes from CRH’s capital stack, leaving the ordinary shares as the primary traded instrument. CRH highlights that the move follows the earlier announcement and is part of its broader capital allocation framework, under which the group has focused on ordinary share buybacks and dividends in recent years.
How the shares and peers compare
On the NYSE, CRH shares most recently closed at about 113 US dollars, roughly 1 percent higher on June 25, 2026, with a market capitalization near 75.6 billion US dollars and a trailing price?earnings ratio around 20.7, according to TradingKey data. TradingKey’s CRH overview indicates that analysts collectively rate the stock Buy, with an average price target around 144 US dollars, placing the building materials group among the higher?valued names in its sector.
In sector terms, CRH sits alongside global construction materials peers such as Holcim and Heidelberg Materials, which trade on European venues and typically command mid?teens earnings multiples. By contrast, Simply Wall St calculates that CRH’s shares trade at roughly 20.7 times earnings and have delivered multi?year total returns of over 140 percent across the past five years, underscoring the stronger re?rating trajectory versus parts of the peer group. An analysis syndicated via Yahoo Finance cites a three?year gain of about 116.5 percent and a five?year gain of approximately 143.1 percent for the CRH shares.
More news and data on the CRH shares
Further headlines, consensus estimates and regulatory filings on CRH are collected in the dedicated topic overview and on the company’s investor relations site.
The business behind the stock
CRH generates its revenue primarily from cement, aggregates, ready?mixed concrete and asphalt, as well as a range of building materials solutions in North America and Europe. The company operates an integrated network of quarries, cement plants, concrete batching facilities and asphalt plants, supplying infrastructure, commercial and residential construction projects with core materials and value?added products such as paving and building envelope solutions.
Where the stock trades today
CRH shares (IE0001827041) most recently traded on the NYSE at around 113 US dollars as of 2026-06-25, 16:00 Eastern time, with intra?day levels between roughly 112.8 and 116.9 US dollars according to exchange?linked data.
Key data on the CRH shares
- Company: CRH plc
- ISIN: IE0001827041
- WKN: 864684
- Ticker: CRH
- Trading venue: NYSE
- Price (as of 2026-06-25, 16:00): 113.14 USD
- Market cap: 75.60 billion USD (as of 2026-06-25)
- Sector / industry: Building materials and components
- Index membership: S&P 500
- Next earnings date: not officially scheduled
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