Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

123.40p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.20p
  • 52 Week High: 124.20
  • 52 Week Low: 76.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 272.57m
  • Volume: 311,827
  • Market Cap: £336.35m
  • 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 2.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 6.1 5.3
Op Mrgn 2.5% 3.8%
ROCE 14.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.4 8.8
PEG 0.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.3
Pr/Book 1.4  
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 8.8 n/a -5% 2.65p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,269.98 50.81 14.95p 8.2 1.1 +7% 3.05p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 1,406.68 57.54 16.82p 7.3 0.6 +12% 3.64p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Result of AGM 15-May-2025 16:40 RNS
AGM Trading Update 15-May-2025 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 07-May-2025 17:16 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain trading in line with expectations 15-May-2025 ShareCast
Costain selected as delivery partner for Urenco ... 20-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Costain doubles dividend as FY profit comes in a... 11-Mar-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.

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 123.40p
Change Today 1.20p
% Change 0.98 %
52 Week High 124.20
52 Week Low 76.20
Volume 311,827
Shares Issued 272.57m
Market Cap £336.35m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
16.77% below the market average16.77% below the market average16.77% below the market average16.77% below the market average16.77% below the market average
13.33% above the sector average13.33% above the sector average13.33% above the sector average13.33% above the sector average13.33% above the sector average
Price Trend
89.36% above the market average89.36% above the market average89.36% above the market average89.36% above the market average89.36% above the market average
97.94% above the sector average97.94% above the sector average97.94% above the sector average97.94% above the sector average97.94% above the sector average
Income
44.14% below the market average44.14% below the market average44.14% below the market average44.14% below the market average44.14% below the market average
49.15% below the sector average49.15% below the sector average49.15% below the sector average49.15% below the sector average49.15% below the sector average
Growth
11.98% below the market average11.98% below the market average11.98% below the market average11.98% below the market average11.98% below the market average
2.17% above the sector average2.17% above the sector average2.17% above the sector average2.17% above the sector average2.17% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
strong_buy
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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-May-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
12:09 3,100 @ 123.56p
12:08 80 @ 124.00p
12:08 1,000 @ 124.00p
12:05 1,951 @ 123.58p
11:52 2,451 @ 123.40p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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