CRH public limited company vs Owens Corning, two Building Materials stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Profit sits with CRH this cycle, not Owens Corning. The building-materials leader earns 15.22% on equity with a 9.65% net margin, while Owens Corning, the insulation and roofing maker, is running a loss after charges, at -14.5% on equity and -5.43% on sales. The cash lines are closer than the earnings suggest. Owens Corning yields 7.53% in free cash and pays a 2.11% dividend, both ahead of CRH's 4% yield and 1.32% dividend. Owens Corning carries the heavier load at 1.5 debt-to-equity against 0.87. CRH is nearly seven times larger at $75.1B, and it is the one making money right now.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CRH | OC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $104.68 | $143.34 |
| Market cap | $70.0B | $11.6B |
| Sector | Building Materials | Building Materials |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.4% | +21.1% |
| P/E | 19.4 | — |
| P/B | 2.90 | 3.16 |
| P/S | 1.84 | 1.18 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.7 | 68.3 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | -5.0% |
| Gross margin | 27.8% | 22.5% |
| Operating margin | -0.5% | 5.3% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | -5.4% |
| Return on equity | 15.2% | -14.5% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | -4.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | 0.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 7.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.87 | 1.50 |
| Current ratio | 1.59 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.62 | 2.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 2 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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