Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Construction and Building Materials

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

158.40p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.60p
  • 52 Week High: 168.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 86.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 266.71m
  • Volume: 136,734
  • Market Cap: £422.48m
  • RiskGrade: 234
  • Beta: 0.73

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 1.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 6.1 4.7
Op Mrgn 2.5% 4.1%
ROCE 14.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.9 11.3
PEG 0.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.4
Pr/Book 1.8  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.1% -9.9%
PBT 18.1% 27.5%
EPS 29.2% -3.0%
DPS 100.0% 25.0%

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 1,127.52 46.53 14.16p 11.2 n/a -3% 3.00p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,245.70 50.00 15.06p 10.6 1.7 +6% 3.41p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 1,399.09 57.24 17.10p 9.3 0.7 +14% 3.94p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 29-Dec-2025 11:18 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 29-Dec-2025 11:18 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 23-Dec-2025 13:41 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Holding(s) in Company 29-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Holding(s) in Company 23-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Holding(s) in Company 22-Dec-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

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
10-Dec-25 Buy Fiona MacAulay 157.00p 6,347 £9,964.79

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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.

 

Costain Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 158.40p
Change Today -0.60p
% Change -0.38 %
52 Week High 168.00p
52 Week Low 86.00p
Volume 136,734
Shares Issued 266.71m
Market Cap £422.48m
Beta 0.73
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
45.99% below the market average45.99% below the market average45.99% below the market average45.99% below the market average45.99% below the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
89.49% above the market average89.49% above the market average89.49% above the market average89.49% above the market average89.49% above the market average
65% below the sector average65% below the sector average65% below the sector average65% below the sector average65% below the sector average
Income
71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average71.23% below the market average
78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average78.57% above the sector average
Growth
2.85% below the market average2.85% below the market average2.85% below the market average2.85% below the market average2.85% below the market average
95% below the sector average95% below the sector average95% below the sector average95% below the sector average95% below 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
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 11-Sep-25 17-Apr-25
Paid 17-Oct-25 29-May-25
Amount 1.00p 2.00p

Trades for 29-Dec-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 52,137 @ 158.40p
16:35 400 @ 158.40p
16:35 241 @ 158.40p
16:35 42 @ 158.40p
16:35 399 @ 158.40p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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