Short interest in CRH PLC (NYSE:CRH) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 12.93M to 13.57M. This put 2.31% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 4.24M shares traded per day, it would take 3.2 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.