Costain Group PLC (LON:COST - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Tuesday, March 11th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of GBX 2 ($0.03) per share on Thursday, May 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. This is a 400.0% increase from Costain Group's previous dividend of $0.40. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.
Costain Group Stock Down 2.7 %
COST stock traded down GBX 2.90 ($0.04) on Friday, reaching GBX 103.90 ($1.38). 254,509 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,411,680. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 105.43 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 103.70. The company has a market cap of £278.29 million, a P/E ratio of 9.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64. Costain Group has a one year low of GBX 73.65 ($0.98) and a one year high of GBX 114.50 ($1.52). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.32.
Costain Group (LON:COST - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 14.60 ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter. Costain Group had a return on equity of 13.56% and a net margin of 2.33%. Research analysts anticipate that Costain Group will post 13.7551582 earnings per share for the current year.
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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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