Costain Group PLC (LON:COST - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as GBX 122.96 ($1.63) and last traded at GBX 119.70 ($1.59), with a volume of 658812 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 120.20 ($1.60).
Costain Group Stock Performance
The firm's fifty day moving average price is GBX 106.81 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 104.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86. The company has a market cap of £320.61 million, a P/E ratio of 10.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64.
Costain Group (LON:COST - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 14.60 ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter. Costain Group had a net margin of 2.33% and a return on equity of 13.56%. As a group, research analysts forecast that Costain Group PLC will post 13.7551582 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Costain Group Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be given a GBX 2 ($0.03) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. This is a positive change from Costain Group's previous dividend of $0.40. This represents a yield of 1.89%. Costain Group's payout ratio is 8.93%.
Costain Group Company Profile
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Costain helps to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.
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