Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

 107.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 111.00
  • 52 Week Low: 61.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 268.77m
  • Volume: 129,216
  • Market Cap: £288.92m
  • RiskGrade: 234
  • Beta: 1.11

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 1.1% 0.0%
Div Cover 10.2 9.4
Op Mrgn 2.0% 3.3%
ROCE 13.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.8 8.7
PEG 0.4 5.8
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.3% -4.8%
PBT -5.8% 34.4%
EPS 23.2% 1.5%
DPS n/a 9.7%

Costain Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 1,155.60 (6.60) 23.62p 6.4 n/a -34% 3.58p 2.4%
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 12.20p 5.2 0.2 +23% 1.20p 1.9%

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-24 1,268.48 41.54 12.38p 8.7 5.9 +2% 1.32p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 1,237.89 46.61 13.64p 7.9 0.8 +10% 1.42p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,271.58 50.38 14.66p 7.3 1.0 +8% 1.53p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Steve Mogford External Appointment 24-Dec-2024 10:19 RNS
Siemens and Costain JV wins HS2 Systems Contract 19-Dec-2024 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 12-Dec-2024 14:22 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain and Siemens Mobility JV secures £300m HS... 19-Dec-2024 ShareCast
Costain secures contract with HS2 04-Dec-2024 ShareCast
Costain slumps as ASGC dumps entire stake in pla... 11-Sep-2024 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 107.50p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 111.00
52 Week Low 61.00
Volume 129,216
Shares Issued 268.77m
Market Cap £288.92m
Beta 1.11
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
72.98% below the market average72.98% below the market average72.98% below the market average72.98% below the market average72.98% below the market average
42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average42.86% below the sector average
Price Trend
94.28% above the market average94.28% above the market average94.28% above the market average94.28% above the market average94.28% above the market average
96.00% above the sector average96.00% above the sector average96.00% above the sector average96.00% above the sector average96.00% above the sector average
Income
81.84% below the market average81.84% below the market average81.84% below the market average81.84% below the market average81.84% below the market average
86.67% below the sector average86.67% below the sector average86.67% below the sector average86.67% below the sector average86.67% below the sector average
Growth
36.53% below the market average36.53% below the market average36.53% below the market average36.53% below the market average36.53% below the market average
32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average32.63% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
strong_buy
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Costain Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 12-Sep-24 18-Apr-24
Paid 18-Oct-24 28-May-24
Amount 0.40p 0.80p

Trades for 24-Dec-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
12:33 28,933 @ 107.80p
12:35 53,686 @ 107.50p
12:35 3 @ 107.50p
12:35 4,229 @ 107.50p
12:35 5,847 @ 107.50p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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