Costain Group (COST)

Sector:

Support

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

75.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.40p
  • 52 Week High: 79.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 43.40p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 278.35m
  • Volume: 220,709
  • Market Cap: £208.76m
  • 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 10.2 8.4
Op Mrgn 2.0% 3.2%
ROCE 13.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 6.1 7.0
PEG 0.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.3% -2.4%
PBT -5.8% 36.2%
EPS 23.2% -8.0%
DPS n/a 11.8%

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 1,299.72 42.09 11.22p 6.7 n/a -8% 1.34p 0.0%
31-Dec-25 1,199.64 45.95 13.11p 5.7 0.3 +17% 1.44p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 1,207.58 48.40 13.79p 5.4 1.0 +5% 1.48p 0.0%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 09-Apr-2024 16:16 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 09-Apr-2024 13:32 RNS
Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of 2024 AGM 09-Apr-2024 09:33 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Margin progress drives profit growth at Costain 12-Mar-2024 ShareCast
Costain wins contract with Northumbrian Water, F... 10-Jan-2024 ShareCast
Costain hints at dividend after solid first half 23-Aug-2023 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
08-Apr-24 Sell Alex Vaughan 77.80p 282,443 £219,740.65
08-Apr-24 Exercise of option Alex Vaughan 0.000p 600,941 £0.00

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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.

 

Costain Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 75.00p
Change Today -0.40p
% Change -0.53 %
52 Week High 79.00p
52 Week Low 43.40p
Volume 220,709
Shares Issued 278.35m
Market Cap £208.76m
RiskGrade 234

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
10.36% above the market average10.36% above the market average10.36% above the market average10.36% above the market average10.36% above the market average
68.89% above the sector average68.89% above the sector average68.89% above the sector average68.89% above the sector average68.89% above the sector average
Price Trend
94.73% above the market average94.73% above the market average94.73% above the market average94.73% above the market average94.73% above the market average
86.14% above the sector average86.14% above the sector average86.14% above the sector average86.14% above the sector average86.14% above the sector average
Income
73.93% below the market average73.93% below the market average73.93% below the market average73.93% below the market average73.93% below the market average
65.62% below the sector average65.62% below the sector average65.62% below the sector average65.62% below the sector average65.62% below the sector average
Growth
52.91% below the market average52.91% below the market average52.91% below the market average52.91% below the market average52.91% below the market average
70% below the sector average70% below the sector average70% below the sector average70% below the sector average70% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
strong_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 19-Apr-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 11,024 @ 75.00p
16:35 60 @ 75.00p
16:35 1,506 @ 75.00p
16:35 698 @ 75.00p
16:35 1,562 @ 75.00p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Alex Vaughan
CFO Helen Willis

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