Compass Group (CPG) Share Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CPG shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CPG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Compass Group's stock. Their CPG share price forecasts range from GBX 1,625 to GBX 2,385. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach GBX 2,041.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.9%.
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Compass Group's stock was trading at GBX 1,917.50 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CPG shares have increased by 15.6% and is now trading at GBX 2,216.
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Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 19th. The company reported $37.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $36.20 by $1.40. Compass Group had a net margin of 4.29% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.60%.

Compass Group announced a dividend on Wednesday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 8th will be given a dividend of GBX 15 per share on Thursday, July 27th. This represents a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 8th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.
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Compass Group (LON:CPG) pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.67%. The dividend payout ratio is 5,138.89%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Compass Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "CPG."

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One share of CPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 2,216.

Compass Group (LON:CPG) has a market capitalization of £38.56 billion and generates £29.67 billion in revenue each year. The company earns £1.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or GBX 0.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 480,000 workers across the globe.

Compass Group's mailing address is Compass House, Guildford Street, CHERTSEY, KT16 9BQ, United Kingdom. The official website for the company is www.compass-group.com. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1932-573000.