secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CRH PUBLIC LTD CO (CRH)
CIK:        0000849395
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-24-035820
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000162828024035820/0001628280-24-035820-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000162828024035820/crh-20240808.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-035820

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