Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

86.20p
   
  • Change Today:
      3.00p
  • 52 Week High: 87.00
  • 52 Week Low: 43.40
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 278.47m
  • Volume: 4,994,861
  • Market Cap: £240.04m
  • 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 1.4% 0.0%
Div Cover 10.2 9.2
Op Mrgn 2.0% 3.3%
ROCE 13.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 7.1 7.2
PEG 0.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.3% -6.3%
PBT -5.8% 32.3%
EPS 23.2% -2.1%
DPS n/a 8.5%

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 1,248.52 40.87 11.94p 7.2 n/a -2% 1.30p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 1,193.71 45.36 12.95p 6.7 0.8 +8% 1.38p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,190.06 46.92 13.38p 6.4 1.9 +3% 1.44p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Costain Secures New AMP8 Framework Agreement 04-Jun-2024 14:41 RNS
Total Voting Rights 03-Jun-2024 10:39 RNS
Additional Listing 23-May-2024 15:16 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Sunday share tips: Mitie, Costain 21-Apr-2024 ShareCast
Margin progress drives profit growth at Costain 12-Mar-2024 ShareCast
Costain wins contract with Northumbrian Water, F... 10-Jan-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 86.20p
Change Today 3.00p
% Change 3.61 %
52 Week High 87.00
52 Week Low 43.40
Volume 4,994,861
Shares Issued 278.47m
Market Cap £240.04m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
5.47% above the market average5.47% above the market average5.47% above the market average5.47% above the market average5.47% above the market average
62.22% above the sector average62.22% above the sector average62.22% above the sector average62.22% above the sector average62.22% above the sector average
Price Trend
94.31% above the market average94.31% above the market average94.31% above the market average94.31% above the market average94.31% above the market average
94.00% above the sector average94.00% above the sector average94.00% above the sector average94.00% above the sector average94.00% above the sector average
Income
73.23% below the market average73.23% below the market average73.23% below the market average73.23% below the market average73.23% below the market average
68.25% below the sector average68.25% below the sector average68.25% below the sector average68.25% below the sector average68.25% below the sector average
Growth
46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average46.71% below the market average
51.52% below the sector average51.52% below the sector average51.52% below the sector average51.52% below the sector average51.52% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 5
buy
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Costain Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 18-Apr-24 21-Sep-23
Paid 28-May-24 27-Oct-23
Amount 0.80p 0.40p

Trades for 07-Jun-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 28,272 @ 86.20p
16:35 33 @ 86.20p
16:35 1,296 @ 86.20p
16:35 306 @ 86.20p
16:35 139 @ 86.20p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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