Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

146.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.60p
  • 52 Week High: 149.00
  • 52 Week Low: 80.40
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 271.15m
  • Volume: 3,721,119
  • Market Cap: £397.50m
  • 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 1.6% 0.0%
Div Cover 6.1 5.3
Op Mrgn 2.5% 3.8%
ROCE 14.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 10.0 8.8
PEG 0.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.3
Pr/Book 1.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.1% -1.5%
PBT 18.1% 27.6%
EPS 29.2% -4.5%
DPS 100.0% 10.3%

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 13.94p 10.5 n/a -4% 2.65p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,269.98 50.81 15.01p 9.8 1.3 +8% 3.06p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 1,406.68 57.54 16.89p 8.7 0.7 +12% 3.66p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 09-Jul-2025 07:00 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 08-Jul-2025 16:14 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 08-Jul-2025 09:24 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain launches £10m share buyback 16-Jun-2025 ShareCast
Costain refinances bank and bonding facilities 28-May-2025 ShareCast
Costain trading in line with expectations 15-May-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

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
24-Jun-25 Sell Helen Willis 144.00p 56,429 £81,257.76
24-Jun-25 Sell Helen Willis 142.00p 100,082 £142,116.44
24-Jun-25 Sell Alex Vaughan 144.00p 241,639 £347,960.17

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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.

 

Costain Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 146.60p
Change Today -0.60p
% Change -0.41 %
52 Week High 149.00
52 Week Low 80.40
Volume 3,721,119
Shares Issued 271.15m
Market Cap £397.50m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
21.48% below the market average21.48% below the market average21.48% below the market average21.48% below the market average21.48% below the market average
17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average17.65% above the sector average
Price Trend
94.78% above the market average94.78% above the market average94.78% above the market average94.78% above the market average94.78% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
51.38% below the market average51.38% below the market average51.38% below the market average51.38% below the market average51.38% below the market average
67.27% below the sector average67.27% below the sector average67.27% below the sector average67.27% below the sector average67.27% below the sector average
Growth
5.35% below the market average5.35% below the market average5.35% below the market average5.35% below the market average5.35% below the market average
7.87% above the sector average7.87% above the sector average7.87% above the sector average7.87% above the sector average7.87% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
strong_buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

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 09-Jul-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
10:55 1,331,674 @ 149.00p
10:54 1,734,075 @ 149.00p
16:35 42,504 @ 146.60p
16:35 105 @ 146.60p
16:35 671 @ 146.60p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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