FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

195.30p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.50p
  • 52 Week High: 203.60
  • 52 Week Low: 133.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 584.97m
  • Volume: 982,498
  • Market Cap: £1,142.45m
  • RiskGrade: 282

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 2.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.0 3.1
Op Mrgn 1.0% 4.6%
ROCE 2.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 11.7 10.3
PEG 0.3 0.8
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.8  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.8% 2.3%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS 44.0% 12.5%
DPS 44.7% 11.4%

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 4,825.18 220.38 18.79p 10.4 0.8 +12% 6.12p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 4,108.39 202.07 19.78p 9.8 1.9 +5% 6.50p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 2,728.41 176.39 19.26p 10.1 n/a -3% 6.98p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Rolling Stock Agreement for Sti... 02-Jun-2025 07:00 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Director Declaration 20-May-2025 08:30 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-May-2025 10:59 PR Newswire

FirstGroup ShareCast News

London close: Stocks rise on hopes of UK-US trad... 15-Apr-2025 ShareCast
FirstGroup ends year ahead of previous guidance 15-Apr-2025 ShareCast
Government launches consultation on Great Britis... 18-Feb-2025 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
13-May-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 185.05p 81 £149.89
10-Apr-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 155.10p 97 £150.45
10-Mar-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 173.89p 86 £149.55

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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 195.30p
Change Today 0.50p
% Change 0.26 %
52 Week High 203.60
52 Week Low 133.20
Volume 982,498
Shares Issued 584.97m
Market Cap £1,142.45m
RiskGrade 282

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average39.66% below the market average
81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average
Price Trend
81.50% above the market average81.50% above the market average81.50% above the market average81.50% above the market average81.50% above the market average
81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average81.82% above the sector average
Income
21.86% above the market average21.86% above the market average21.86% above the market average21.86% above the market average21.86% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average
Growth
34.69% above the market average34.69% above the market average34.69% above the market average34.69% above the market average34.69% above the market average
9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average9.09% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
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FirstGroup Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 28-Nov-24 18-Jul-24
Paid 31-Dec-24 23-Aug-24
Amount 1.70p 4.00p

Trades for 06-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
13:31 101 @ 195.30p
13:31 359 @ 195.30p
13:31 1,417 @ 195.30p
13:31 172 @ 195.20p
13:31 159 @ 195.20p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
CEO Graham Sutherland
Chair Lena Wilson CBE

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