Global building materials group
CRH plc
CRH sells aggregates, cementitious materials, road solutions, infrastructure products, and outdoor-living products to governments, contractors, and home-improvement retailers. Its operations depend on heavy equipment, vehicles, external raw materials, and energy, while acquisitions expand its reserves and cementitious supply chain.
CRH Updated Sep 11, 2026 4 AI consumers
Per the valuechain.wiki graph, CRH plc is directly linked to 3 companies (1 supply, 2 revenue relationships) and reaches 4 companies within two hops; the links are backed by 8 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-11).
Financials & Segments
- Total revenue · FY2025 total revenue of $37.447 billion (SEC Form 10-K XBRL)
- Segments · Essential Materials · Road Solutions · Building & Infrastructure Solutions · Outdoor Living Solutions
Revenue from
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. Medium confidence
CRH's Oldcastle APG supplies Lowe's with building materials and outdoor-living products. Lowe's recognized OldCastle as a 2024 divisional vendor winner in both building products and hardlines, but did not disclose the transaction value.Confirms EN Lowe's Companies, Inc. Published Oct 1, 2024: Lowe’s Announces 2024 Vendor Partners of the Year - The Home Depot, Inc. Medium confidence
Home Depot is a retail customer for building and outdoor-living products made by CRH subsidiary Oldcastle APG. Home Depot identified Oldcastle APG as a product partner in its 2025 investor materials but did not disclose the transaction value.Confirms EN The Home Depot, Inc. Published Dec 9, 2025: The Home Depot 2025 Investor Conference Presentation
Pays to
- Caterpillar Inc. High confidence
Caterpillar is an equipment partner deploying 70-to-100-ton battery-electric off-highway trucks and charging solutions at a CRH site in North America. CRH is Caterpillar's first aggregates-industry customer under the program, and payments were not disclosed.Confirms EN Caterpillar Inc. Published Jan 8, 2024: Caterpillar Signs Strategic Agreement with CRH for Electric Off-Highway Trucks and Charging Solutions - Volvo Group High confidence
CRH is a long-standing key customer of several Volvo Group companies and has deployed electric trucks and construction equipment. Volvo CE delivered an A30G articulated hauler to CRH subsidiary Pennsy Supply, but the transaction value was not disclosed.Confirms EN Volvo Group Published Nov 14, 2023: Volvo Group and CRH Agree Partnership to Accelerate Decarbonization
Investments
- Eco Material Technologies High confidence· Contract value $2.1B · transaction completed 2025-09-15 · Consideration for the Eco Material Technologies acquisition, net of cash acquired
CRH acquired Eco Material Technologies in September 2025 to secure a North American supply platform for supplementary cementitious materials. The SEC filing reports $2.066 billion of consideration net of cash acquired, versus the announced headline consideration of $2.1 billion.Confirms KO Investing.com Korea Published Jul 29, 2025: CRH to Acquire Eco Material Technologies for $2.1 BillionConfirms EN Davy Research Published Jul 29, 2025: $2.1bn Acquisition of Eco Material; Strong Strategic Fit
Value-chain ripple (2 tiers)
Following node-to-node links up to 2 tiers; each firm is shown once, at its nearest tier.
| Company | Chain | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Home Depot, Inc. | lead1 | +59.5 | -22 | +12.8 | +15 | -9.3 | -4.7 |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | lead1 | +63.3 | -21.5 | +14 | +13 | -0.3 | -13.9 |
| CRH plc | node | +27.1 | -20.5 | +81.3 | +35.9 | +35.9 | -23.6 |
| Caterpillar | benef1 | +16 | +18.6 | +25.9 | +24.7 | +60.3 | +42.9 |
| Nucor Corporation | benef2 | +118.4 | +17.4 | +33.8 | -32 | +42 | +61 |
YTD as of 2026-09-04 · source: Yahoo Finance
CRH plc operates across Global building materials group. After +35.9% in 2025, it corrected -23.6% in 2026. The supply side (avg +42.9%) has moved harder than the stock (-23.6%). That is the classic bottleneck pattern: supplier volume leverage is being priced before this layer's own margin. Among connected nodes the furthest ahead is Caterpillar (+42.9%) and the furthest behind is Lowe's Companies, Inc. (-13.9%). If chain logic explains the gap, the laggard is the next propagation candidate; if not, the link itself deserves a second look. Its operations depend on heavy equipment, vehicles, external raw materials, and energy, while acquisitions expand its reserves and cementitious supply chain.
Analysis generated from returns as of 2026-09-04