Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Construction and Building Materials

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

251.50p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.50p
  • 52 Week High: 262.50
  • 52 Week Low: 144.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 260.46m
  • Volume: 40,747
  • Market Cap: £655.07m
  • 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 3.5 2.6
Op Mrgn 4.2% 4.1%
ROCE 22.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 14.8 12.4
PEG n/a 1.7
Pr/Revenue 0.5 0.4
Pr/Book 2.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -16.4% 18.0%
PBT 32.1% 4.9%
EPS -0.7% 4.6%
DPS 75.0% 39.1%

Costain Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Dec-25 1,045.70 48.20 14.50p 11.0 n/a -1% 4.20p 2.6%

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-26 1,233.60 50.58 15.16p 16.8 3.7 +5% 5.84p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 1,398.81 58.20 17.47p 14.5 1.0 +15% 6.75p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Final Results 10-Mar-2026 07:00 RNS
£20m Share Buyback Programme 10-Mar-2026 07:01 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 31-Dec-2025 12:16 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain on track to deliver 'step change' in per... 13-Aug-2026 ShareCast
Director dealings: Wife of Costain CEO offloads ... 23-Jun-2026 ShareCast
Director dealings: Social Housing chair invests... 18-Jun-2026 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
30-Sep-26 Buy Anthony (Tony) James Quinlan 262.16p 5,692 £14,922.15

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 251.50p
Change Today -2.50p
% Change -0.98 %
52 Week High 262.50
52 Week Low 144.80
Volume 40,747
Shares Issued 260.46m
Market Cap £655.07m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
14.13% below the market average14.13% below the market average14.13% below the market average14.13% below the market average14.13% below the market average
54.29% below the sector average54.29% below the sector average54.29% below the sector average54.29% below the sector average54.29% below the sector average
Price Trend
88.64% above the market average88.64% above the market average88.64% above the market average88.64% above the market average88.64% above the market average
94.74% above the sector average94.74% above the sector average94.74% above the sector average94.74% above the sector average94.74% above the sector average
Income
47.37% below the market average47.37% below the market average47.37% below the market average47.37% below the market average47.37% below the market average
78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average78.57% below the sector average
Growth
22.39% below the market average22.39% below the market average22.39% below the market average22.39% below the market average22.39% below the market average
21.05% below the sector average21.05% below the sector average21.05% below the sector average21.05% below the sector average21.05% below 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
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 17-Sep-26 16-Apr-26
Paid 23-Oct-26 26-May-26
Amount 2.00p 3.20p

Trades for 20-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
10:23 197 @ 251.30p
10:16 5,707 @ 251.30p
09:35 10 @ 252.00p
09:30 2 @ 251.84p
09:27 535 @ 251.50p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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