LON:CPG - Compass Group Share Price, Forecast & News

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

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

Compass Group plc (LON:CPG) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 26th. The company reported $85.20 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $84.40 by $0.80. View Compass Group's Earnings History.

Compass Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Compass Group.

15 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Compass Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 1,645 to GBX 2,225. On average, they anticipate Compass Group's share price to reach GBX 1,917.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Compass Group.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Compass Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Compass Group.

News headlines about CPG stock have been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of -4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Compass Group.

Some companies that are related to Compass Group include Restaurant Brands International (QSR), The Wendy's (DRI), Luckin Coffee (LK), Whitbread (WTB), Domino's Pizza Enterprises (DMP), Hellofresh (HFG), Greene King (GNK), SSP Group (SSPG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), MTY Food Group (MTY), EI Group (EIG), Collins Foods (CKF) and Marston's (MARS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Compass Group investors own include easyJet (EZJ), COMPASS GRP PLC/S (CMPGY), Associated British Foods (ABF), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Dixons Carphone (DC), Experian (EXPN), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Rio Tinto (RIO), Weir Group (WEIR) and Whitbread (WTB).

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 1,674.

Compass Group has a market capitalization of £26.58 billion and generates £24.88 billion in revenue each year. Compass Group employs 600,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Compass Group.

The official website for Compass Group is http://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.