LON:CPGCompass Group Share Price, Forecast & News

Compass Group's stock was trading at GBX 1,364 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CPG stock has decreased by 17.5% and is now trading at GBX 1,125. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Group in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Compass Group.

Compass Group plc (LON:CPG) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The company reported $37.60 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $36.20 by $1.40. View Compass Group's earnings history.

Compass Group declared a dividend on Tuesday, November 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 16th will be paid a dividend of GBX 26.90 per share on Monday, February 24th. This represents a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 16th. This is a positive change from Compass Group's previous dividend of GBX 13.10. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Compass Group's dividend history.

18 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Compass Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 990 to GBX 1,800. On average, they expect Compass Group's stock price to reach GBX 1,291.94 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Compass Group.

Media headlines about CPG stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Compass Group earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Compass Group.

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Compass Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "CPG."

Shares of CPG 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.

One share of CPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 1,125.

Compass Group has a market capitalization of £20.07 billion and generates £25.03 billion in revenue each year. Compass Group employs 600,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Compass Group is www.compass-group.com.

Compass Group's mailing address is Compass House, Guildford Street, CHERTSEY, KT16 9BQ, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-1932-573000.