CRH
CRH · Construction Materials
$84.89
1.8%Vulcan Materials
VMC · Construction Materials
$261.69
2.6%The short version
- CRH is the larger business, with $37.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $7.9B for Vulcan Materials, about 4.7 times as much.
- Vulcan Materials grew revenue faster (7.1%, against 5.3%).
- Vulcan Materials kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (20.4% operating margin, against 14.5% operating margin).
- Vulcan Materials turned more of its sales into free cash flow (14.3% FCF margin, against 7.8% FCF margin).
- CRH earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (11.8%, against 9.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Vulcan Materials’s earnings: a P/E of 31.2x against 15.0x for CRH.
| Latest fiscal year | CRH · FY25 | VMC · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $56.8B | $34.3B |
| Revenue | $37.4B | $7.9B |
| Free cash flow | $2.9B | $1.1B |
| Net income | $3.8B | $1.1B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.3% | 7.1% |
| 5-year growth | 7.7% | 10.3% |
| Share count change | −1.8% | −0.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.1% | 27.4% |
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 20.4% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | 13.6% |
| FCF margin | 7.8% | 14.3% |
| Return on capital | 11.8% | 9.8% |
| Return on equity | 16.5% | 12.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $14.1B | $4.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.9x | 1.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.2B | $698M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 15.0x | 31.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 8 |
FY16
CRH —
VMC $3.6B
FY17
CRH —
VMC $3.9B
FY18
CRH $27.4B
VMC $4.4B
FY19
CRH $28.1B
VMC $4.9B
FY20
CRH $25.9B
VMC $4.9B
FY21
CRH $29.2B
VMC $5.6B
FY22
CRH $32.7B
VMC $7.3B
FY23
CRH $34.9B
VMC $7.8B
FY24
CRH $35.6B
VMC $7.4B
FY25
CRH $37.4B
VMC $7.9B
CRH
VMC
FY16
CRH —
VMC 18.5%
FY17
CRH —
VMC 16.4%
FY18
CRH 8.9%
VMC 17.1%
FY19
CRH 9.9%
VMC 17.8%
FY20
CRH 7.8%
VMC 18.4%
FY21
CRH 11.4%
VMC 18.2%
FY22
CRH 11.6%
VMC 13.0%
FY23
CRH 12.0%
VMC 18.3%
FY24
CRH 13.9%
VMC 18.4%
FY25
CRH 14.5%
VMC 20.4%
CRH
VMC
FY16
CRH —
VMC $294M
FY17
CRH —
VMC $185M
FY18
CRH $922M
VMC $364M
FY19
CRH $2.5B
VMC $600M
FY20
CRH $2.9B
VMC $708M
FY21
CRH $2.4B
VMC $561M
FY22
CRH $2.3B
VMC $536M
FY23
CRH $3.2B
VMC $664M
FY24
CRH $2.4B
VMC $806M
FY25
CRH $2.9B
VMC $1.1B
CRH
VMC
FY16
CRH —
VMC 8.3%
FY17
CRH —
VMC 9.1%
FY18
CRH —
VMC 7.9%
FY19
CRH 6.5%
VMC 8.9%
FY20
CRH 5.0%
VMC 8.7%
FY21
CRH 10.3%
VMC 8.5%
FY22
CRH 11.3%
VMC 6.8%
FY23
CRH 12.1%
VMC 10.2%
FY24
CRH 12.7%
VMC 9.2%
FY25
CRH 11.8%
VMC 9.8%
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