Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

 107.40p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 111.50
  • 52 Week Low: 75.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 268.77m
  • Volume: 0
  • Market Cap: £288.65m
  • 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 2.2% 0.0%
Div Cover 6.1 5.3
Op Mrgn 2.5% 3.8%
ROCE 14.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 7.4 7.4
PEG 0.3 0.7
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.1% -1.5%
PBT 18.1% 27.6%
EPS 29.2% -4.6%
DPS 100.0% 10.2%

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 13.93p 7.7 n/a -5% 2.65p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,269.98 50.81 14.95p 7.2 1.0 +7% 3.05p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 01-Apr-2025 13:34 RNS
Costain awarded Urenco framework agreement 20-Mar-2025 07:00 RNS
Costain FY 2024 11-Mar-2025 07:00 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain selected as delivery partner for Urenco ... 20-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Costain doubles dividend as FY profit comes in a... 11-Mar-2025 ShareCast
Berenberg starts Costain at 'buy' 14-Feb-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

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 107.40p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 111.50
52 Week Low 75.00
Volume 0
Shares Issued 268.77m
Market Cap £288.65m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
3.54% below the market average3.54% below the market average3.54% below the market average3.54% below the market average3.54% below the market average
30.34% above the sector average30.34% above the sector average30.34% above the sector average30.34% above the sector average30.34% above the sector average
Price Trend
87.23% above the market average87.23% above the market average87.23% above the market average87.23% above the market average87.23% above the market average
93.75% above the sector average93.75% above the sector average93.75% above the sector average93.75% above the sector average93.75% above the sector average
Income
70.42% below the market average70.42% below the market average70.42% below the market average70.42% below the market average70.42% below the market average
73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average73.33% below the sector average
Growth
16.78% below the market average16.78% below the market average16.78% below the market average16.78% below the market average16.78% below the market average
5.49% below the sector average5.49% below the sector average5.49% below the sector average5.49% below the sector average5.49% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 5
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
strong_buy
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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 --2025

Time Volume / Share Price
0 @ 0.000p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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