Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

138.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      9.40p
  • 52 Week High: 140.80
  • 52 Week Low: 76.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 273.00m
  • Volume: 3,766,419
  • Market Cap: £376.74m
  • RiskGrade: 234

Costain Group Overview

Costain helps to improve lives with smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We deliver integrated smart solutions to meet urgent infrastructure needs across the UK. We help to safeguard the security, increase the capacity, improve customer service and drive efficiency in our clients’ infrastructure programmes.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.7% 0.0%
Div Cover 6.1 5.3
Op Mrgn 2.5% 3.8%
ROCE 14.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.5 8.8
PEG 0.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.3
Pr/Book 1.6  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.1% -1.5%
PBT 18.1% 27.6%
EPS 29.2% -4.6%
DPS 100.0% 10.2%

Costain Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 978.40 (96.10) (36.70)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-21 1,135.20 (13.30) 9.60p 5.6 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-22 1,421.40 32.80 9.90p 4.0 1.3 +3% n/a 0.0%
31-Dec-23 1,332.00 30.90 11.30p 5.6 0.4 +14% 1.20p 1.9%
31-Dec-24 1,251.10 36.50 14.60p 7.3 0.3 +29% 2.40p 2.3%

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

Costain Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-25 1,231.84 46.57 13.93p 9.9 n/a -5% 2.65p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,269.98 50.81 14.95p 9.2 1.3 +7% 3.05p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 1,406.66 57.54 16.82p 8.2 0.7 +12% 3.64p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

£10m Share Buyback Programme & H1 Trading U... 16-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 09-Jun-2025 15:38 RNS
Heathrow Site Visit 09-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain launches £10m share buyback 16-Jun-2025 ShareCast
Costain refinances bank and bonding facilities 28-May-2025 ShareCast
Costain trading in line with expectations 15-May-2025 ShareCast

Costain Group Top Newspaper Links

Costain hungry for more takeovers 22-Aug-2014 Express & Star
Costain's North Sea contract extended 21-Aug-2014 The Herald
Mouchel board turns down Costain's bid approach 23-Dec-2010 The Independent

Latest Costain Group Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

 

Costain Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 138.00p
Change Today 9.40p
% Change 7.31 %
52 Week High 140.80
52 Week Low 76.20
Volume 3,766,419
Shares Issued 273.00m
Market Cap £376.74m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
9.3% below the market average9.3% below the market average9.3% below the market average9.3% below the market average9.3% below the market average
28.09% above the sector average28.09% above the sector average28.09% above the sector average28.09% above the sector average28.09% above the sector average
Price Trend
90.78% above the market average90.78% above the market average90.78% above the market average90.78% above the market average90.78% above the market average
97.92% above the sector average97.92% above the sector average97.92% above the sector average97.92% above the sector average97.92% above the sector average
Income
45.21% below the market average45.21% below the market average45.21% below the market average45.21% below the market average45.21% below the market average
48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average48.28% below the sector average
Growth
6.36% below the market average6.36% below the market average6.36% below the market average6.36% below the market average6.36% below the market average
3.30% above the sector average3.30% above the sector average3.30% above the sector average3.30% above the sector average3.30% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
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Costain Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 17-Apr-25 12-Sep-24
Paid 29-May-25 18-Oct-24
Amount 2.00p 0.40p

Trades for 16-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:41 250,435 @ 138.30p
16:38 110,058 @ 137.60p
16:35 260,506 @ 138.00p
16:35 708 @ 138.00p
16:35 821 @ 138.00p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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