---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-035820"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRH"
cik: "0000849395"
company_name: "CRH PUBLIC LTD CO"
filed_at: "2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:27:20.946063+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CRH Q2 net income +8% to $1.3bn; raises FY24 guidance; EBITDA margin expands 270bps

## Summary
- Q2 net income $1.3bn (+8%), EPS $1.89 (+16%), Adj. EBITDA $2.3bn (+12%)
- Raising FY24 guidance: net income $3.70-3.85bn, Adj. EBITDA $6.82-7.02bn
- Completed $2.1B Texas cement acquisition; Adbri majority stake closed July 1; $3.7B YTD M&A
- Quarterly dividend $0.35 (+5% annualized); $0.9B YTD buyback; new $0.3B tranche
- Americas Materials EBITDA +28%; Europe Materials organic EBITDA +2% despite revenue decline

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-035820
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRH
- cik: 0000849395
- company_name: CRH PUBLIC LTD CO
- filed_at: 2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000162828024035820/0001628280-24-035820-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000162828024035820/crh-20240808.htm

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