L1 Capital Views CRH as an Attractive Long-Term Investment Choice

L1 Capital International, an investment management company, released its second quarter 2022 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. The fund returned -10.1% net of fees in the second quarter compared to the benchmark return of -8.5%. Current macroeconomic issues and geopolitical situations affected the fund’s performance in the quarter. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2022.

L1 Capital International discussed stocks like CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) in the second quarter investor letter. Headquartered in  Dublin, Ireland, CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) engages in the business of manufacturing and distributing diversified building materials. On September 6, 2022, CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) stock closed at $35.85 per share. CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) had a return of -7.79% for the past month and its shares lost 32.32% of their value in the last 52 weeks. CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) has a market capitalization of $27.748 billion.

Here is what L1 Capital International specifically said about CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) in its Q2 2022 investor letter:

CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) was outlined in detail in our December 2021 Quarterly Report. Since then, the tragic war in Ukraine commenced with no signs of resolution. This war and associated sanctions on Russia have led to major disruptions to European energy markets. CRH is a relatively energy intensive business and around 20% of the Group’s operations are in Europe. We expect they will be negatively impacted by higher energy prices and reduced economic activity. Around 75% of CRH’s operations are in North America and will be less impacted compared to the European operations.

We have followed and analysed the global building products industry for nearly 25 years and the current share price of CRH presents an investment opportunity that rarely arises. CRH recently sold a business for US$3.8 billion, equating to almost 15x EBIT. In comparison, the remainder of CRH which consists of many businesses which are higher quality than the divested operation, is trading on around 9x EBIT, 11x PE, 9% free cashflow, 4% dividend yield and CRH is buying back around 3% of its shares annually. CRH has delivered shareholders a 15% return per annum, compounded over 50 years. The current share price provides compelling value for investors with a longer-term horizon.”

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CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 12 hedge fund portfolios held CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) at the end of the second quarter which was 9 in the previous quarter.

We discussed CRH plc (NYSE:CRH) in another article and shared L1 Capital’s views on the company. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2022 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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