Costain Group PLC (LON:COST - Get Free Report) insider Kate Rock acquired 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 20th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 138 per share, for a total transaction of £13,800.
Costain Group Price Performance
Costain Group stock opened at GBX 128.80 on Friday. The stock's fifty day moving average price is GBX 152.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 125.22. Costain Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 85.40 and a one year high of GBX 172.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.32. The firm has a market cap of £344.99 million, a PE ratio of 11.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64.
Costain Group (LON:COST - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 20th. The company reported GBX 5.50 EPS for the quarter. Costain Group had a return on equity of 13.56% and a net margin of 2.33%. As a group, research analysts expect that Costain Group PLC will post 13.7551582 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
COST has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on Costain Group from GBX 115 to GBX 150 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday. Berenberg Bank raised their price objective on Costain Group from GBX 150 to GBX 175 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 162.50.
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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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