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Costain Group (COST) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 134.40 +2.20 (+1.66%)
As of 11:50 AM Eastern

About Costain Group Stock (LON:COST)

Key Stats

Today's Range
130.20
135.20
50-Day Range
129
169.72
52-Week Range
85.40
172.40
Volume
2.57 million shs
Average Volume
1.46 million shs
Market Capitalization
£359.99 million
P/E Ratio
12.00
Dividend Yield
0.74%
Price Target
GBX 162.50
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Costain Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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48th Percentile Overall Score

COST MarketRank™: 

Costain Group scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Costain Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Costain Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Costain Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Costain Group is 12.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.67.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Costain Group is 12.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.06.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Costain Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.63. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Costain Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.59. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for COST.
  • Dividend Yield

    Costain Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Costain Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Costain Group is 8.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about Costain Group's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for COST.
  • News Sentiment

    Costain Group has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.77 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 36 news articles for Costain Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 106 people have searched for COST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -7% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Costain Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Costain Group insiders have sold 1,774.99% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £46,700 in company stock and sold £875,619.06 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 6.43% of the stock of Costain Group is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    44.69% of the stock of Costain Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Costain Group's insider trading history.
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COST Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Costain Group's stock was trading at GBX 106 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, COST shares have increased by 26.8% and is now trading at GBX 134.40.

Costain Group PLC (LON:COST) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 20th. The company reported $5.50 earnings per share for the quarter. Costain Group had a net margin of 2.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.56%.
Read the conference call transcript
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Shares of COST stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Costain Group investors own include Fluor (FLR), Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), KBR (KBR), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META) and John Wood Group (WG).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/20/2025
Today
8/28/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
LON
Industry
Engineering & Construction
Sub-Industry
Retail
Current Symbol
LON:COST
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
3,270
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
GBX 175
Low Price Target
GBX 150
Potential Upside/Downside
+20.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
GBX 11.20
Trailing P/E Ratio
12.00
Forward P/E Ratio
9.77
P/E Growth
1.63
Net Income
£29.90 million
Net Margins
2.33%
Pretax Margin
N/A
Return on Equity
13.56%
Return on Assets
5.63%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
9.86
Current Ratio
1.40
Quick Ratio
1.32

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£1.28 billion
Price / Sales
0.28
Cash Flow
GBX 154.20 per share
Price / Cash Flow
0.87
Book Value
GBX 84.30 per share
Price / Book
1.59

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
267,848,262
Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£359.99 million
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
2.64
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This page (LON:COST) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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