CRH plc (CRH) Earnings: Q3 2026 Results

The quarter ended September 30, 2026 and CRH published the results on October 29, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. CRH reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and pre-impairment, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• CRH's adjusted EPS line for the quarter is Diluted EPS pre-impairment, which excludes Loss on impairments and the related tax. The Adjusted Diluted EPS measure introduced with this release is used for 2026 guidance only.
• CRH revised its definition of Adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2026 to exclude substantial acquisition-related integration costs and transformation-related costs.
• The $8.5 billion Arcosa acquisition completed on October 23, 2026, after the quarter ended, so Q3 2026 includes no Arcosa revenue.

Source: CRH Q3 2026 results, October 29, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How CRH splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 2026 against Q3 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• CRH's Americas Materials Solutions revenue was $6.0 billion in Q3 2026, up 6% from $5.6 billion in Q3 2025, 53% of total revenue.
• CRH's Americas Building Solutions revenue was $1.8 billion in Q3 2026, down 3% from $1.8 billion in Q3 2025, 15% of total revenue.
• CRH's International Solutions revenue was $3.7 billion in Q3 2026, up 1% from $3.6 billion in Q3 2025, 32% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

CRH's updated 2026 guidance table gives diluted EPS of $4.63 to $4.85 (previously $5.60 to $6.05) and a new Adjusted Diluted EPS measure of $5.37 to $5.59.

In its Q3 2026 release, CRH said:

“Expect FY26 Net Income of $3.1B-$3.3B and Adjusted EBITDA* of $7.8B-$8.0B”

“2026 Net income and Diluted EPS are based on approximately $0.8 billion of interest expense, net, an effective tax rate of approximately 27% and a year-to-date average of approximately 670.5 million diluted Common Shares outstanding.”

“We expect the residential end-market to remain weak in the near-term.”

“By end of 2028, the two-year program is expected to deliver annual run-rate benefits of approximately $400 million.”

Source: CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Oct 29, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the CRH forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP total revenues and diluted EPS attributable to CRH, each as first reported in that quarter's results release. CRH's business is seasonal: the first quarter is its smallest and was a loss in Q1 2026.

We do not hold a confirmed date for CRH's next report. Companies post the date on their investor relations site a few weeks ahead, usually with the time of the conference call.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 2026 (this page), reported Oct 29, 2026

CRH's total revenues were $11,396 million in Q3 2026, against $11,069 million a year earlier, up 3%. Product revenues were $8,461 million and service revenues $2,935 million. CRH put the increase down to positive pricing momentum, resilient underlying demand and contributions from acquisitions. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

CRH also splits revenue into four business lines. In Q3 2026 Road Solutions brought in $5,658 million, Essential Materials (aggregates and cementitious materials) $3,397 million, Building & Infrastructure Solutions $1,256 million and Outdoor Living Solutions $1,085 million. (CRH Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Americas Materials Solutions, the largest segment at $5,985 million, grew 6%. Its aggregates volumes rose 2% with pricing up 5%, asphalt pricing rose 7% on volumes down 2%, and cement pricing was 2% behind on flat volumes, which CRH linked to weak residential demand. Americas Building Solutions fell 3% to $1,752 million as subdued residential demand and divestitures offset growth in utility infrastructure and data center work. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

Acquisitions and divestitures moved the numbers more than organic growth did. In International Solutions, acquisitions added $234 million of revenue and divestitures removed $269 million, against $77 million of organic growth. In Americas Materials Solutions acquisitions added $373 million against $65 million organic. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

CRH is mostly a U.S. business. Of $37,447 million of total revenues in 2025, $22,834 million came from the United States, $7,373 million from Europe outside the U.K., and $3,767 million from the United Kingdom. (CRH Form 10-K, 2025, Feb 18, 2026)

CRH's diluted EPS fell to $1.86 in Q3 2026 from $2.21. The main cause was a $178 million Loss on impairments related to the Philippines reporting unit within International Solutions, against $40 million a year earlier. CRH's Diluted EPS pre-impairment, which adds back impairments and their tax, was $2.09, against $2.27. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

Other items also weighed on the quarter: a $41 million loss from equity method investments (a $26 million income a year earlier), $49 million of transformation-related costs for the Velocity program, and a lower gain on disposal of long-lived assets ($19 million against $110 million). The effective tax rate rose to 29% from 22%, mainly because the impairments within International Solutions were not deductible. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026; CRH Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Buybacks cut CRH's diluted share count to 666.9 million from 675.5 million. CRH repurchased about 0.8 million shares for $0.1 billion in the quarter and $0.7 billion over nine months, and announced a new buyback program of up to $6 billion running to the end of 2030. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

CRH gives full-year guidance in its release. With Q3 2026 it cut 2026 net income guidance to $3.1 billion to $3.3 billion (previously $3.9 billion to $4.1 billion), Adjusted EBITDA to $7.8 billion to $8.0 billion (previously $8.1 billion to $8.5 billion) and diluted EPS to $4.63 to $4.85 (previously $5.60 to $6.05). It cited the earlier than anticipated completion of the Arcosa Acquisition, the inflationary cost backdrop and a more challenging residential construction market. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

The release also introduced Adjusted Diluted EPS, guided at $5.37 to $5.59 for 2026, which excludes acquisition, integration and transformation costs, impairments and amortization of acquired intangibles. The guidance includes the fourth quarter contribution from Arcosa and assumes an effective tax rate of about 27%. (CRH Q3 2026 results release, Oct 29, 2026)

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The consensus figures on this page are Yahoo Finance's, as pulled on the date shown. Each comes with the number of analysts behind it; the smaller that number, the more one revised estimate can move the average.

The figures below are the ones CRH's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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