Shares of Costain Group PLC (LON:COST - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 106.72 ($1.44) and traded as high as GBX 123 ($1.66). Costain Group shares last traded at GBX 121 ($1.64), with a volume of 325,983 shares trading hands.
Costain Group Trading Up 2.5%
The company has a market cap of £333.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.10, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 113.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 107.10. The company has a quick ratio of 1.32, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86.
Costain Group (LON:COST - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 14.60 ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter. Costain Group had a return on equity of 13.56% and a net margin of 2.33%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Costain Group PLC will post 13.7551582 earnings per share for the current year.
Costain Group Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th were paid a dividend of GBX 2 ($0.03) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, April 17th. This represents a yield of 1.89%. This is a boost from Costain Group's previous dividend of $0.40. Costain Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8.93%.
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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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