Results meet market expectations
CRH chief executive Jim Mintern said the group's strong balance sheet allowed it to invest $5 billion in acquisitions while also returning $3 billion of cash to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
It sees Ebitda rising to between $7.3 billion and $7.7 billon this year. The current consensus call among analysts is for a figure of $7.56 billion. Its North American businesses, by far the biggest part of the group, expects continued positive momentum in infrastructure activity, supported by robust state and federal funding, it said.
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