Is CRH halal?
CRH PLC
Halal
CRH PLC passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 16 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
83.63
Day
+1.59%
Market cap
$55.48B
Industry
Building Materials
Sector
Basic Materials
What the company does
CRH (Ireland/U.S.) is a building-materials giant: cement, aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete and road paving. Most revenue comes from supplying North American infrastructure and housing construction.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $18.49B ÷ 36-month average market cap $64.69B = 28.6%
28.6%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $3.02B ÷ 36-month average market cap $64.69B = 4.7%
4.7%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $146.00M ÷ annual revenue $37.45B (2025) = 0.4%
0.4%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $55.48B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.08% weight · #214 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.08% · #155 of 1455
- Held by funds
- HLAL 0.15% · SPUS 0.14%
- Dividend
- 1.90% · purify 0.4% · net 1.89%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 5 superinvestors · Average reported price: $107.00
- Daniel LoebThird Point$234.9M5.1%
- John ArmitageEgerton Capital$469.1M4.5%
- Henry EllenbogenDurable Capital Partners$285.2M2.8%
- Greenhaven Associates$1.9M0.0%
- First Eagle Investment Management$619K0.0%
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