CRH Turns To Profit In FY14; Maintains Dividend - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Irish building materials company CRH Plc (CRH.L, CRH) reported Thursday that its fiscal 2014 pre-tax profit was 761 million euros, compared to loss of 215 million euros a year ago.

Basic earnings per share was 78.9 euro cents, compared to loss of 40.6 euro cents last year.

Sales revenue increased 5 percent to 18.91 billion euros from 18.03 billion euros last year. On a like-for-like basis, sales went up 4%.

EBITDA, a key earnings metric, grew 11 percent to 1.64 billion euros.

Further, the Board is recommending a final dividend of 44c per share, in line with the final dividend for 2013. The company maintained its total dividend per share at 62.5 cents.

Looking ahead, the company said it expects 2015 to be a further year of progress.