FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

189.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.30p
  • 52 Week High: 233.00
  • 52 Week Low: 146.50
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 562.53m
  • Volume: 189,718
  • Market Cap: £1,066.56m
  • RiskGrade: 282
  • Beta: 0.92

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 3.4% 0.0%
Div Cover 3.0 2.9
Op Mrgn 4.4% 4.9%
ROCE 10.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.9 9.4
PEG 0.6 2.0
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.4% -12.2%
PBT n/a 32.1%
EPS 16.2% 4.8%
DPS 18.2% 8.1%

FirstGroup Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
29-Mar-25 5,066.30 164.90 19.40p 8.5 0.5 +16% 6.50p 4.0%

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-26 4,449.87 217.79 20.34p 9.4 1.9 +5% 7.03p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 3,563.92 200.55 21.38p 9.0 1.8 +5% 7.20p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 1,774.94 178.34 21.62p 8.9 7.7 +1% 7.27p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 12-Dec-2025 16:56 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Acquisition 11-Dec-2025 07:00 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - FirstGroup named as preferred o... 10-Dec-2025 07:03 PR Newswire

FirstGroup ShareCast News

Firstgroup buys RATP's UK sightseeing bus operat... 11-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Firstgroup named preferred operator for London O... 10-Dec-2025 ShareCast
FirstGroup flags continued pressure despite impr... 18-Nov-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-Dec-25 Buy Ryan Mangold 184.58p 81 £149.51
19-Nov-25 Buy Graham Sutherland 178.60p 50,000 £89,300.00
19-Nov-25 Buy Lena Wilson CBE 178.50p 11,000 £19,635.00

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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 189.60p
Change Today -2.30p
% Change -1.20 %
52 Week High 233.00
52 Week Low 146.50
Volume 189,718
Shares Issued 562.53m
Market Cap £1,066.56m
Beta 0.92
RiskGrade 282

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average86.16% 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
8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average
14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average
Growth
39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average39.62% 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

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
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FirstGroup Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 27-Nov-25 03-Jul-25
Paid 30-Dec-25 08-Aug-25
Amount 2.20p 4.80p

Trades for 19-Dec-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
13:11 6 @ 189.60p
13:11 235 @ 189.70p
13:11 111 @ 189.70p
13:11 2 @ 189.80p
13:08 5 @ 189.60p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
CEO Graham Sutherland
Chair Lena Wilson CBE

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