FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

156.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -8.00p
  • 52 Week High: 183.10
  • 52 Week Low: 133.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 584.97m
  • Volume: 1,149,806
  • Market Cap: £912.55m
  • RiskGrade: 282
  • Beta: 0.01

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 3.5% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.0 3.1
Op Mrgn 1.0% 4.3%
ROCE 2.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.3 8.9
PEG 0.2 0.9
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -0.8% 4.2%
PBT n/a n/a
EPS 44.0% 9.5%
DPS 44.7% 8.9%

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 4,912.37 211.97 18.29p 8.5 0.9 +10% 5.99p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 3,985.65 192.88 19.44p 8.0 1.3 +6% 6.29p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 2,667.37 177.13 20.12p 7.8 2.2 +4% 7.00p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Completion of Buyback Programme 21-Mar-2025 09:39 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares 21-Mar-2025 07:00 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares 20-Mar-2025 07:00 PR Newswire

FirstGroup ShareCast News

Government launches consultation on Great Britis... 18-Feb-2025 ShareCast
FirstGroup buys Irish coach and bus operator Mat... 04-Feb-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks finish lower as Ashtead ann... 10-Dec-2024 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-Mar-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 173.89p 86 £149.55
10-Feb-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 162.97p 92 £149.93
10-Jan-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 158.13p 95 £150.22

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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 156.00p
Change Today -8.00p
% Change -4.88 %
52 Week High 183.10
52 Week Low 133.20
Volume 1,149,806
Shares Issued 584.97m
Market Cap £912.55m
Beta 0.01
RiskGrade 282

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
29.41% below the market average29.41% below the market average29.41% below the market average29.41% below the market average29.41% 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
56.63% above the market average56.63% above the market average56.63% above the market average56.63% above the market average56.63% above the market average
63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average
Income
38.94% above the market average38.94% above the market average38.94% above the market average38.94% above the market average38.94% 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
31.60% above the market average31.60% above the market average31.60% above the market average31.60% above the market average31.60% above the market average
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
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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 31-Mar-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 16,474 @ 156.00p
16:35 855,075 @ 156.00p
16:35 5,884 @ 156.00p
16:35 248 @ 156.00p
16:35 4,820 @ 156.00p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
CEO Graham Sutherland
Chair Lena Wilson CBE

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