FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

145.70p
   
  • Change Today:
    -8.10p
  • 52 Week High: 187.70
  • 52 Week Low: 144.10
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 615.47m
  • Volume: 10,239,025
  • Market Cap: £896.74m
  • RiskGrade: 282
  • Beta: 0.00

FirstGroup Overview

FirstGroup is one of Britain’s largest transport companies, operating bus services, passenger and freight rail services in the UK and yellow school bus and other services in the US. The group’s UK rail interests include First Great Western, TransPennine Express, Hull Trains, First Great Western Link, First North Western and GB Railfreight.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.0 3.0
Op Mrgn 1.0% 4.3%
ROCE 2.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.7 8.2
PEG 0.2 1.3
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.8% 2.3%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS 44.0% 6.5%
DPS 44.7% 9.0%

FirstGroup Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
28-Mar-20 4,642.80 (338.20) (3.40)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
27-Mar-21 4,318.80 29.10 (2.80)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
26-Mar-22 4,591.10 (17.70) 1.60p 67.1 n/a n/a 1.10p 1.0%
25-Mar-23 4,755.00 97.10 11.60p 8.7 0.0 +625% 3.80p 3.8%
30-Mar-24 4,715.10 (18.80) 16.70p 10.8 0.2 +44% 5.50p 3.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

FirstGroup Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-25 4,824.61 207.75 17.79p 8.2 1.3 +6% 5.99p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 3,441.55 189.99 18.34p 7.9 2.6 +3% 6.07p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 2,844.97 187.91 19.81p 7.4 0.9 +8% 6.57p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Holding(s) in Company 19-Sep-2024 15:36 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Sep-2024 11:38 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 13-Sep-2024 13:40 PR Newswire

FirstGroup ShareCast News

Director dealings: FirstGroup CEO buys shares, D... 16-Sep-2024 ShareCast
London close: Stocks slip as US CPI slows, UK GD... 11-Sep-2024 ShareCast
Firstgroup names Lena Wilson as chair 11-Sep-2024 ShareCast

FirstGroup Top Newspaper Links

Analyst hands FirstGroup boost 16-Dec-2014 The Herald
FirstGroup hit by rumours East Coast will go to ... 25-Nov-2014 Telegraph
Activist investor Sandell reduces First stake 14-Nov-2014 The Herald

Latest FirstGroup Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
16-Sep-24 Buy Graham Sutherland 153.40p 20,000 £30,680.00
10-Sep-24 Buy Ryan Mangold 158.94p 94 £149.40
03-Sep-24 Buy Dividends Anthony (Ant) Green 156.90p 41 £64.33

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

FirstGroup Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 145.70p
Change Today -8.10p
% Change -5.27 %
52 Week High 187.70
52 Week Low 144.10
Volume 10,239,025
Shares Issued 615.47m
Market Cap £896.74m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 282

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
11.82% below the market average11.82% below the market average11.82% below the market average11.82% below the market average11.82% below the market average
40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average40% below the sector average
Price Trend
21.29% below the market average21.29% below the market average21.29% below the market average21.29% below the market average21.29% below the market average
66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average
Income
54.55% above the market average54.55% above the market average54.55% above the market average54.55% above the market average54.55% above the market average
66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average
Growth
23.11% above the market average23.11% above the market average23.11% above the market average23.11% above the market average23.11% above the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
buy
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FirstGroup Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 18-Jul-24 30-Nov-23
Paid 23-Aug-24 03-Jan-24
Amount 4.00p 1.50p

Trades for 20-Sep-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:54 1,150,642 @ 145.72p
16:54 5,295 @ 145.70p
16:54 1,150,642 @ 145.70p
16:47 79,224 @ 145.70p
16:47 18,046 @ 145.93p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
Chair Peter Lynas
CEO Graham Sutherland

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