CRH Q2 2026: EPS $2.21 beats, revenue up 6%, guidance reaffirmed
CRH beat the Street in Q2 2026 and reaffirmed full-year guidance, so the quarter reads as a solid yes rather than a warning. Revenue rose to $10.777 billion and diluted EPS of $2.21 came in $0.18 above the $2.0334 consensus, but part of that lift came from divestiture gains and a higher tax charge rather than day-to-day operations. The view is Bullish, tempered by the paused buyback and the $8.5 billion Arcosa deal still to close.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowDiluted EPS of $2.21 beat the $2.0334 consensus by $0.18, or 8.7%, and rose 13.9% from $1.94 a year ago. Read it carefully: income tax expense jumped to $661 million from $425 million and other nonoperating income swung to $282 million, mostly divestiture gains, so the beat is not purely operating. Operating income of $2.079 billion was up 7.4%.
Revenue of $10.777 billion was 5.6% above the $10.206 billion recorded a year earlier, with product revenue of $8.491 billion doing the heavy lifting while service revenue of $2.286 billion was flat. Gross margin widened to 39.8% from 39.4%, so the extra sales dropped through at a slightly better rate than the base business. Growth came from pricing and acquisitions rather than a broad volume surge.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-09-17
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