Compass Group (CPG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Compass Group is a global leader in food services, operating in over 25 countries, with over 590,000 employees worldwide and generating underlying revenues of over $46 billion for the 2025 fiscal year. The company's primary listing is the London Stock Exchange and also trades on OTCQX® Best Market. Our core offer is the provision of outsourced food services and targeted support services across the world. Compass operates across five sectors: Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure, and Defence, Offshore & Remote, using a portfolio of bespoke B2B brands. Our vision is to be a world-class provider of outsourced food services and targeted support services, renowned for our great people, our great service, and our great results.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 30.54 to 31.53
• 50-Day Range: 27.19 to 2,298
• 52-Week Range: 26 to 36.28
• Volume: 3.49 million shs
• Average Volume: 427.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £519.28 million
• P/E Ratio: 0.28
• Dividend Yield: 2.20%
• Price Target: GBX 2,932.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Compass Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Compass Group scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Compass Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Compass Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,932.50, representing about 9,368.8% upside from its current price of GBX 30.97.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Compass Group has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Compass Group is 0.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Compass Group is 0.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 77.80.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Compass Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.42. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Compass Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.08. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CPG.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Compass Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Compass Group is 56.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.57

News Sentiment

Compass Group has a news sentiment score of 0.57. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Compass Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for CPG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -71% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Compass Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Compass Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.52% of the stock of Compass Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

68.23% of the stock of Compass Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/19/2020
• Today: 5/26/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Restaurants
• Sub-Industry: Personal Services
• Current Symbol: LON:CPG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.compass-group.com
• Phone: +44-1932-573000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 550,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Compass Group: GBX 2,932.50
• High Price Target: GBX 3,100
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,600
• Potential Upside/Downside: +9,502.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 109.90
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 0.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: 0.26
• P/E Growth: 1.42
• Net Income: £1.35 billion
• Net Margins: 4.21%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 26.24%
• Return on Assets: 7.52%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 114.88
• Current Ratio: 0.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.86

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £48.49 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.01
• Cash Flow: GBX 1.81 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.84
• Book Value: GBX 404.10 per share
• Price / Book: 0.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,700,313,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £519.28 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.65