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LON:FGP

FirstGroup (FGP) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 215.40 -6.60 (-2.97%)
As of 12:37 PM Eastern

About FirstGroup Stock (LON:FGP)

Key Stats

Today's Range
213
222.20
50-Day Range
217
232.76
52-Week Range
128.60
240.40
Volume
1.34 million shs
Average Volume
2.46 million shs
Market Capitalization
£1.19 billion
P/E Ratio
1,050.73
Dividend Yield
0.03%
Price Target
GBX 240
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

FirstGroup Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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33rd Percentile Overall Score

FGP MarketRank™: 

FirstGroup scored higher than 33% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    FirstGroup has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    FirstGroup has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

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

    The P/E ratio of FirstGroup is 1,050.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 269.24.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of FirstGroup is 1,050.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 304.55.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    FirstGroup has a PEG Ratio of 5.21. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    FirstGroup has a P/B Ratio of 2.48. 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 FGP.
  • Dividend Yield

    FirstGroup pays a meaningful dividend of 2.93%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    FirstGroup does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of FirstGroup is 27.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Read more about FirstGroup's dividend.
  • Short Interest

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

    FirstGroup has a news sentiment score of 1.13. 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 0.86 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for FirstGroup this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, FirstGroup insiders have sold 1,452,987.29% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £298.91 in company stock and sold £4,343,423.22 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.94% of the stock of FirstGroup is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    46.50% of the stock of FirstGroup is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about FirstGroup's insider trading history.
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FGP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

FirstGroup's stock was trading at GBX 160.70 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FGP stock has increased by 34.0% and is now trading at GBX 215.40.

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, June, 10th. The transport operator reported $19.40 EPS for the quarter. FirstGroup had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.54% and a negative net margin of 0.34%.
Read the conference call transcript
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Shares of FGP 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 FirstGroup investors own include Stagecoach Group (SGC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Cineworld Group (CINE), Firstgroup (FGROY), BP (BP) and Royal Mail (RMG).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
6/10/2025
Today
9/02/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
LON
Industry
Railroads
Sub-Industry
N/A
Current Symbol
LON:FGP
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
31,477
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
GBX 240
Low Price Target
GBX 240
Potential Upside/Downside
+11.4%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
GBX 0.21
Trailing P/E Ratio
1,050.73
Forward P/E Ratio
12.39
P/E Growth
5.21
Net Income
-£12.65 million
Net Margins
-0.34%
Pretax Margin
N/A
Return on Equity
-2.54%
Return on Assets
2.38%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
257.49
Current Ratio
0.69
Quick Ratio
0.74

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£4.65 billion
Price / Sales
0.26
Cash Flow
GBX 193.58 per share
Price / Cash Flow
1.11
Book Value
GBX 86.81 per share
Price / Book
2.48

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
551,379,000
Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£1.19 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
1.59
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This page (LON:FGP) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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