FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

165.20p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.70p
  • 52 Week High: 183.10
  • 52 Week Low: 133.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 584.97m
  • Volume: 2,138,313
  • Market Cap: £966.37m
  • 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 3.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.0 3.1
Op Mrgn 1.0% 4.3%
ROCE 2.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.9 9.0
PEG 0.2 1.0
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.8% 4.0%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS 44.0% 8.9%
DPS 44.7% 7.9%

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 4,903.37 210.37 18.18p 9.1 1.0 +9% 5.94p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 4,118.37 193.18 19.61p 8.4 1.1 +8% 6.31p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 2,727.53 173.40 19.25p 8.6 n/a -2% 6.77p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 15-Apr-2025 17:34 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Trading Statement 15-Apr-2025 07:00 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Total Voting Rights 01-Apr-2025 10:18 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
10-Apr-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 155.10p 97 £150.45
10-Mar-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 173.89p 86 £149.55
10-Feb-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 162.97p 92 £149.93

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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 165.20p
Change Today 1.70p
% Change 1.04 %
52 Week High 183.10
52 Week Low 133.20
Volume 2,138,313
Shares Issued 584.97m
Market Cap £966.37m
RiskGrade 282

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
33% below the market average33% below the market average33% below the market average33% below the market average33% below the market average
66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average66.67% below the sector average
Price Trend
72.23% above the market average72.23% above the market average72.23% above the market average72.23% above the market average72.23% above the market average
66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average66.67% above the sector average
Income
27.42% above the market average27.42% above the market average27.42% above the market average27.42% above the market average27.42% above the market average
50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average50.00% above the sector average
Growth
32.44% above the market average32.44% above the market average32.44% above the market average32.44% above the market average32.44% above the market average
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 1
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
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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 17-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 295,150 @ 165.20p
16:35 454 @ 165.20p
16:35 1,062 @ 165.20p
16:35 166 @ 165.20p
16:35 597 @ 165.20p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
CEO Graham Sutherland
Chair Lena Wilson CBE

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