FirstGroup (LON:FGP - Get Free Report) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The transport operator reported GBX 19.40 ($0.26) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. FirstGroup had a negative return on equity of 2.54% and a negative net margin of 0.34%.
FirstGroup Trading Up 12.1%
LON:FGP traded up GBX 23.40 ($0.32) on Tuesday, reaching GBX 217.20 ($2.93). The company's stock had a trading volume of 6,579,389 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,986,402. The business's 50-day moving average price is GBX 175.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 167.36. FirstGroup has a 1-year low of GBX 128.60 ($1.74) and a 1-year high of GBX 219.80 ($2.97). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 257.49, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 0.69. The firm has a market cap of £1.28 billion, a PE ratio of -101.48, a PEG ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 1.59.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 215 ($2.90) price objective on shares of FirstGroup in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd.
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FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.
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