CRH (CRH) Stock Buyback History
TTM buyback yield 1.67% · Shareholder yield (TTM) 1.67%.
CRH
CRH
TTM buyback yield
1.67%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
1.67%
5Y share count change
-14.4%
TTM buyback spend
$1.39B
SBC coverage (TTM)
9.74x
Diluted vs basic shares (annual)
Weighted average shares from the income statement: diluted (EPS denominator and typical buyback-yield basis) compared with basic.
Shares outstanding (annual)
Year-over-year change in diluted weighted average shares (industry-standard for EPS and per-share capital return). Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year; red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Dividend & buyback yield
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation
TTM coverage: 9.74x (buybacks ÷ SBC). Bars are fiscal-year totals.
Buyback spending history
| Year | Buybacks | SBC | Net | Shares (dil.) | YoY shares | Buyback yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.18B | $143.00M | $1.04B | 0.68B | -1.8% | 1.41% |
| 2024 | $1.48B | $125.00M | $1.36B | 0.69B | -5.4% | 2.36% |
| 2023 | $2.78B | $111.41M | $2.67B | 0.73B | -4.6% | 5.73% |
| 2022 | $1.10B | $94.32M | $1.01B | 0.76B | -2.9% | 3.69% |
| 2021 | $787.23M | $96.65M | $690.58M | 0.79B | -0.5% | 1.92% |
| 2020 | $203.83M | $96.00M | $107.83M | 0.79B | -2.1% | 0.75% |
| 2019 | $850.49M | $73.99M | $776.50M | 0.81B | -3.5% | 2.95% |
| 2018 | $803.94M | $79.00M | $724.94M | 0.84B | -0.5% | 4.22% |
| 2017 | $3.00M | $58.00M | −$55.00M | 0.84B | 0.8% | 0.01% |
| 2016 | $4.00M | $48.38M | −$44.38M | 0.83B | 2.2% | 0.01% |
| 2015 | $3.00M | $29.52M | −$26.52M | 0.82B | 10.5% | 0.01% |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $16.00M | −$16.00M | 0.74B | 1.2% | — |
| 2013 | $6.00M | $20.71M | −$14.71M | 0.73B | 1.0% | 0.04% |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.72B | 1.0% | — |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.71B | 1.3% | — |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.71B | 4.8% | — |
| 2009 | $1.94M | $0.00 | $1.94M | 0.67B | 23.7% | — |
| 2008 | $387.64M | $0.00 | $387.64M | 0.54B | -0.7% | 4.43% |
| 2007 | $29.07M | $0.00 | $29.07M | 0.55B | 0.7% | 0.24% |
| 2006 | $15.21M | $0.00 | $15.21M | 0.54B | 0.6% | 0.09% |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.54B | 2.0% | — |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.53B | 0.2% | — |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.53B | 0.6% | — |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.53B | 3.8% | — |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.51B | 15.7% | — |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.44B | 10.9% | — |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.39B | 1.5% | — |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.39B | 2.3% | — |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.38B | 4.3% | — |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.36B | — | — |
| 1995 | $302.84M | $0.00 | $302.84M | — | — | 14.86% |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — |
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned)
Buyback capacity (TTM)
TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)77% of headroom
Headroom $1.82B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
Frequently asked questions
Does CRH buy back its own stock?
- Yes, CRH (CRH) has repurchased shares in recent periods. See the history table and charts on this page for amounts and trends.
How much does CRH spend on share buybacks?
- Trailing twelve months (TTM) buyback spend is about $1.39B (sum of the last four quarterly cash-flow periods in our data). Figures are illustrative; verify in filings.
What is CRH's buyback yield?
- TTM buyback yield is about 1.67% (TTM buyback spend divided by market cap at the latest quarter-end in our data).
What is CRH's shareholder yield?
- Shareholder yield combines dividend yield and buyback yield. For the latest period we show approximately 1.67% combined (TTM-based where available).
Is CRH diluting shareholders?
- Compare stock-based compensation (SBC) to buybacks in the chart above. Net effect varies by year; see annual buyback vs SBC bars and the history table.
How has CRH's share count changed?
- Diluted weighted average shares changed by about -14.4% over roughly five fiscal years (annual income statement data).