CRH 10-Q 2025-09-30

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025

For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 001-32846

CRH public limited company(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Stonemason’s Way, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 KH51, Ireland +353 1 404 1000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No

As of October 23, 2025, the number of outstanding Ordinary Shares was 670,270,575 (excluding Treasury stock of 38,308,450 shares).

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CERTAIN TERMS

Except as otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, references to 'CRH', the 'Company', 'we', 'us' or 'our' refer to CRH plc (together with its consolidated subsidiaries), and references to years indicate our fiscal year ended December 31 of the respective year.

References to the '2024 Form 10-K' are to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2025. References to this 'Quarterly Report' are to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025. All references to the 'Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements' are to Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. All references to the ‘same period in 2024’ refer to either the three months ended September 30, 2024, or the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as applicable, unless otherwise indicated.

References to 'Ordinary Shares', 'Common Shares' and 'Common stock' refer to our ordinary shares of €0.32 each.

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Forward-Looking Statements

In order to rely upon the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, CRH is providing the following cautionary statement.

This document, and the documents incorporated by reference herein, contain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, business, viability, and future performance of CRH and certain of the plans and objectives of CRH. These forward-looking statements may generally, but not always, be identified by the use of words such as “will”, “anticipates”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “targets”, “aims”, “may”, “continues”, “expects”, “is expected to”, “estimates”, “believes”, “intends” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts or matters of fact at the date of this document.

In particular, the following, among other statements, are all forward looking in nature: plans and expectations regarding CRH’s outlook for 2026, drivers of CRH's performance in 2025, demand outlook, trends in CRH’s markets and key end-markets, government funding initiatives and manufacturing trends (including public investment in construction and re-industrialization activity), pricing trends, costs and weather patterns; plans and expectations regarding business strategy and cash returns for shareholders, including expectations regarding dividends and share buybacks; plans and expectations regarding CRH’s financial capacity, including our ability to fund acquisitions and meet working capital needs, capital expenditures, contractual obligations, dividends, share repurchases, upcoming debt maturities and other liquidity requirements; plans and expectations regarding the expansion of our operations and the timing and benefits of our acquisitions and divestitures; statements regarding the consummation (including timing thereof), expectations and benefits of the acquisition of Eco Material; statements regarding CRH's ability to meet growing demand for cementitious products to modernize North America's infrastructure and statements regarding the impact of CRH's approach on safety and sustainability.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and reflect our current expectations and assumptions as to such future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements other than as required by applicable law.

A number of material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, certain of which are beyond our control, and which include, among other factors: economic and financial conditions, including changes in interest rates, inflation, price volatility and/or labor and materials shortages; industry cyclicality and the demand for infrastructure, residential and non-residential construction and our products in geographic markets in which we operate; increased competition and its impact on prices and market position; increases in energy, labor and/or other raw materials costs; adverse changes to laws and regulations, including in relation to climate change; the impact of unfavorable weather; investor and/or consumer sentiment regarding the importance of sustainable practices and products; availability of, or reductions or delays to, public sector funding for infrastructure programs; political uncertainty, including as a result of political and social conditions in the jurisdictions CRH operates in, or adverse public policy, economic, social and political developments, including the ongoing geopolitical conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; failure to complete or successfully integrate acquisitions or make timely divestitures; cyberattacks and exposure of associates, contractors, customers, suppliers and other individuals to health and safety risks, including due to product failures. Additional factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those expressed by the forward-looking statements in this report including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described herein and under “Risk Factors” in our 2024 Form 10-K and in our other filings with the SEC.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

(in $ millions, except share and per share data)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

(in $ millions)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

(in $ millions, except share data)

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Introduction

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is intended to convey management’s perspective regarding operational and financial performance for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes appearing in Part I, Item 1. "Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report.

The following discussion contains trend information and forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by these forward-looking statements, as well as from our historical performance, due to various factors, including those discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, particularly "Forward-Looking Statements," and Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our 2024 Form 10-K and in our other filings with the SEC. Our operating results depend upon economic cycles, seasonal and other weather‐related conditions, and trends in government expenditures, among other factors. Accordingly, financial results for any financial period presented, or period-to-period comparisons of reported results, may not be indicative of future operating results.

Overview

CRH is a leading provider of building materials that build, connect and improve our world. Since formation in 1970, CRH has evolved from being a supplier of base materials to solving complex construction challenges for our customers. CRH’s connected portfolio uniquely integrates materials, products and services across the construction value chain, better serving our customers’ needs and driving repeat business. This customer centric approach is making construction simpler, safer and more sustainable.

CRH provides a connected offering of essential materials (aggregates and cementitious materials), value-added building products as well as construction services to our customers. CRH’s capabilities, innovation and technical expertise enable it to be a valuable partner for transportation and critical infrastructure projects, complex non-residential construction and outdoor living solutions.

Operating in 28 countries, the Company has market leadership positions in North America, Europe and Australia. The United States is expected to be a key driver of future growth for CRH due to continued economic expansion, a growing population and significant public investment in construction. Our International businesses, which benefit from strong economic and construction growth prospects as well as recurring repair and remodel demand, are an important strategic part of the Company. CRH intends to continue to expand its North American and International operations given significant government support for infrastructure and increasing demand for building materials in major infrastructure and commercial projects.

CRH has a proven track record in value creation through acquisition which over the last decade has accounted for approximately 60% of the Company’s profit growth. We achieve this by acquiring businesses at attractive valuations and creating value by integrating them with our existing operations and generating synergies. The Company takes an active approach to portfolio management and continuously reviews the competitive landscape for attractive investment and divestiture opportunities to deliver further growth and value creation for shareholders.

Seasonality

Activity in the construction industry is dependent to a considerable extent on the seasonal impact of weather on the Company’s operating locations, with periods of higher activity in some markets during spring, summer and autumn which may reduce significantly in winter due to inclement conditions or generally as a result of extreme weather events. In addition to impacting demand for our products and services, adverse weather can negatively impact the production processes for a variety of reasons. For example, workers may not be able to work outdoors in sustained high temperatures and heavy rainfall and/or other unfavorable weather conditions. Therefore, financial results for any particular quarter do not necessarily indicate the results expected for the full year.

Financial performance highlights

Three months ended September 30, 2025

CRH delivered a strong third quarter performance compared to the third quarter of 2024, resulting in the following performance highlights for the three months ended September 30, 2025 (comparisons are versus the prior year's third quarter):

• Total revenues increased 5% to $11.1 billion;

• Net income increased by $130 million to $1.5 billion. Adjusted EBITDA*1was $2.7 billion, an increase of $241 million, or 10%;

• Net income margin was 13.7% compared with 13.2%, an increase of 50 basis points (bps). Adjusted EBITDA margin* was 24.3%, an increase of 100bps on the prior year's third quarter Adjusted EBITDA margin* of 23.3%; and

• Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS) was $2.21 compared to $1.97.

Nine months ended September 30, 2025

CRH delivered a good performance in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to the prior year, resulting in the following performance highlights (comparisons are versus the prior year's first nine months):

• Total revenues increased 5% to $28.0 billion;

• Net income was $2.8 billion, a decrease of $59 million compared to the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA*2was $5.7 billion, an increase of $499 million, or 10%;

• Net income margin was 9.8% compared with 10.5%, a decrease of 70bps. Adjusted EBITDA margin* was 20.2%, an increase of 90bps on the prior year Adjusted EBITDA margin* of 19.3%; and

• Diluted EPS was $3.99 compared to $4.00.

*Represents a non-GAAP measure. See the discussion within 'Non-GAAP Reconciliation and Supplementary Information' on pages 34 to 35.1

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Capital allocation highlights

Nine months ended September 30, 2025

• Cash returned to shareholders through share buybacks was $0.9 billion, a decrease of $0.1 billion versus the first nine months of the prior year. On November 4, 2025, the latest tranche of the share buyback program was completed, bringing the year-to-date repurchases to $1.1 billion. A further tranche has been announced, extending the ongoing share buyback program by an additional $0.3 billion to be completed no later than February 17, 2026;

• Cash paid to shareholders through dividends was $0.7 billion, compared with $1.5 billion in the first nine months of the prior year. The decrease primarily reflects the payment of a second interim 2023 dividend in Q1 2024, which was not repeated in Q1 2025. CRH declared a quarterly dividend of $0.37 per share in February 2025, May 2025 and August 2025 and a fourth quarterly dividend per share of $0.37 per share announced on November 5, 2025, representing an annualized increase of 6% on the prior year; and

• A total of 22 acquisitions were completed for consideration of $3.2 billion, compared with $3.9 billion in the first nine months of the prior year. A further $1.9 billion was invested in growth and maintenance capital expenditure projects, compared with $1.6 billion for the comparable 2024 period.

Development Review

In the three months ended September 30, 2025, CRH completed nine acquisitions for a total consideration of $2.5 billion, compared with $1.4 billion in the same period of 2024. Americas Materials Solutions completed three acquisitions, Americas Building Solutions completed two acquisitions and International Solutions completed four acquisitions.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, CRH completed 22 acquisitions for a total consideration of $3.2 billion, compared with $3.9 billion in the first nine months of the prior year.

In September 2025, CRH completed the acquisition of Eco Material, a leading supplier of cementitious materials in North America for a total consideration of $2.1 billion. The Eco Material transaction uniquely positions CRH to meet growing

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CRH is exposed to market risks relating to fluctuations in foreign exchange risks, interest rates, and commodity prices. Changes in those factors could impact the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. Financial risk management at the Company seeks to minimize the negative impact of foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations on the Company’s earnings, cash flows and equity. Management provides oversight for risk management and derivative activities, determines certain of the Company’s financial risk policies and objectives, and provides guidelines for derivative instrument utilization.

To manage these risks, CRH uses various derivative financial instruments, including interest rate swaps, foreign exchange forwards and swaps, and commodity contracts. CRH only uses commonly traded and non-leveraged instruments. These contracts are entered into primarily with major banking institutions and utility companies, while CRH actively monitors its exposure to counterparty risk through the use of counterparty approvals and credit limits, thereby managing the risk of counterparty loss.

The following discussion presents the sensitivity of the market value, earnings and cash flows of the Company’s financial instruments to hypothetical changes in interest and exchange rates assuming these changes occurred at September 30, 2025.

Interest Rate Risk

CRH may be impacted by interest rate volatility with respect to existing debt and future debt issuances as well as cash balances. For fixed rate debt instruments, interest rate changes affect the fair market value but do not impact earnings or cash flows. Conversely, for floating rate debt instruments, interest rate changes generally do not affect the fair market value of the instrument but impact future earnings and cash flows, assuming that other factors are held constant. Cash balances are held on short-term deposits and changing interest rates will impact deposit interest income earned. The Company uses interest rate swaps to convert a portion of its fixed rate debt to floating rate debt and these may be designated and qualify as fair value hedges. Under these arrangements, the Company agrees to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed and benchmark floating interest rates calculated by reference to an agreed-upon notional principal amount.

At September 30, 2025, of total debt including overdrafts, finance leases and the impact of derivatives, the Company had fixed rate debt of $14.1 billion and floating rate debt of $5.1 billion, representing 73% and 27%, respectively. The equivalent figures as at December 31, 2024, were fixed rate debt of $10.8 billion and floating rate debt of $3.5 billion, representing 76% and 24%, respectively, and as at September 30, 2024, fixed rate debt of $10.4 billion and floating rate debt of $3.8 billion, representing 74% and 26%, respectively. The Company’s interest rate swaps at September 30, 2025 whereby the Company swaps from fixed interest rates to floating interest rates, were $0.5 billion, compared to $1.4 billion as at December 31, 2024 and $1.4 billion as at September 30, 2024. The Company’s interest rate swaps at September 30, 2025 whereby the Company swaps from floating interest rates to fixed interest rates, were $nil billion, compared to $0.2 billion as at December 31, 2024 and $0.2 billion as at September 30, 2024. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at September 30, 2025, were $4.3 billion, compared to $3.8 billion at December 31, 2024 and $3.1 billion at September 30, 2024, which were all held on short-term deposits and investments.

Sensitivity to interest rate moves

At September 30, 2025, the before-tax earnings and cash flows impact of a 100bps increase in interest rates, including the offsetting impact of derivatives, on the variable rate cash and debt portfolio would be approximately $9 million unfavorable ($2 million favorable at December 31, 2024 and $8 million unfavorable at September 30, 2024).

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

CRH’s exchange rate exposures result primarily from its investments and ongoing operations in countries outside of the United States and other business transactions such as the procurement of products, services and equipment from foreign sources. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may affect (i) the carrying value of the Company’s net investment in foreign subsidiaries; (ii) the translation of foreign currency earnings; and (iii) the cash flows related to foreign currency denominated transactions.

Where economically feasible, the Company maintains Net Debt*2in the same relative ratio as capital employed to act as an economic hedge of the underlying currency assets. Where it is not feasible to do so, the Company may enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge a portion of the net investment against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations. These transactions are designated as net investment hedges.

The Company also enters into foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge against the effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash flows denominated in foreign currencies. These transactions are designated as cash flow hedges. In addition, the Company may enter into foreign currency contracts that are not designated in hedging relationships to offset, in part, the impacts of changes in value of various non-functional currency denominated items including certain intercompany financing balances. The U.S. Dollar equivalent gross notional amount of the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts was $4.1 billion at September 30, 2025, compared to $4.6 billion at December 31, 2024 and $4.4 billion at September 30, 2024.

Holding all other variables constant, if there was a 10% weakening in foreign currency exchange rates versus U.S. Dollar for the portfolio, the fair market value of foreign currency contracts outstanding at September 30, 2025, would increase by approximately $20 million with an offsetting movement in the hedged foreign currency exposure. In comparison, the fair market value of foreign currency contracts outstanding at December 31, 2024 would decrease by approximately $86 million and at September 30, 2024, would decrease by approximately $104 million, with an offsetting movement in the hedged foreign currency exposure.

Commodity Price Risk

Some of the Company’s products use significant amounts of commodity-priced materials, predominantly oil, electricity, coal and carbon credits which are subject to price changes based upon fluctuations in the commodities market. This price volatility could potentially have a material impact on our financial condition and/or our results of operations. Where feasible, the Company manages commodity price risks through negotiated supply contracts and forward contracts to manage operating costs. The Company monitors commodity trends and where possible has alternative sourcing plans in place to mitigate the risk of supplier concentration and passing commodity-related inflation to customers or suppliers.

Where appropriate, the Company also has a number of derivative hedging programs in place to hedge commodity risks, with the aim of the programs being to neutralize variability arising from changes in associated commodity indices. The timeframe for such programs can be up to four years.

• Represents a non-GAAP measure. See the discussion within 'Non-GAAP Reconciliation and Supplementary Information' on pages 34 to 35.2

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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Management has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) as of September 30, 2025. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date at the level of providing reasonable assurance.

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The Company is from time to time a party to various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe any pending legal proceeding to which the Company is a party will have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

CRH has elected to use a $1 million threshold for disclosing certain proceedings under environmental laws to which a governmental authority is a party. Applying this threshold, there were no relevant legal proceedings to disclose for this period.

There have been no material changes with respect to the risk factors disclosed in 'Item 1A. Risk Factors' of our 2024 Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table presents the number and average price of shares purchased in each month of the third quarter of fiscal year 2025:

(i) In May 2018, CRH announced its intention to introduce a share repurchase program to repurchase Ordinary Shares (the ‘Program’). In the third quarter of 2025, the Company returned a further $0.3 billion of cash to shareholders through the repurchase of 2,738,285 Ordinary Shares (equivalent to 0.4% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares). This brought total cash returned to shareholders under the Program to $9.3 billion since its commencement in May 2018. The purchases in the third quarter of 2025 were completed under the following tranches:

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

The information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S‐K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report.

During the three months ended September 30, 2025, no Director or officer (as defined in Section 16 of the Exchange Act) of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) and (c) of Regulation S-K.

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The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report.

Exhibits

The total amount of long-term debt of the registrant and its subsidiaries authorized under any one instrument does not exceed 10% of the total assets of CRH plc and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Company agrees to furnish copies of any such instrument to the SEC upon request.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CRH public limited company (Registrant)

By /s/ Nancy Buese Nancy Buese Chief Financial Officer

November 5, 2025

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