CRH Dividend yield

CRH is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. CRH is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

CRH stock dividend

CRH paid a total dividend of 790 million GBP last year, for a market value of 33,527 millions (Market Cap 33,478 millions). CRH dividend per share is 1.07 GBP, and his stock market price 45.43 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CRH has a dividend yield of 2.35%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare CRH stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

CRH Dividend Payout

About the ability of CRH to maintain his current dividend of GBP 1.07 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.35%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CRH payout on ernings is currently 24.49%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that CRHcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of CRH is GBP 4.45 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 1.07, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of CRH, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

CRH Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of CRH's dividend stock, both in percentage and in GBP, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.35%	1.07	24.49%	738
2022	2.89%	0.95	35.71%	748
2021	2.15%	0.84	74.34%	774
2020	2.34%	0.72	31.72%	785
2019	2.07%	0.63	22.99%	797
2018	2.95%	0.61	36.53%	820
2017	2.17%	0.58	41.43%	836
2016	1.88%	0.50	62.50%	829
2015	2.32%	0.45	83.33%	815

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of CRH dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Construction and Materials stocks.

CRH Stock performance

Finally, last moth CRH showed a return of -2.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 43.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Construction and Materials firms.