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FirstGroup (FGP) Competitors

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GBX 187.40 -0.10 (-0.05%)
As of 05/23/2025 12:08 PM Eastern

FGP vs. GOG, NEX, MCG, ROL, EZJ, BAB, HSV, COB, CPI, and IDS

Should you be buying FirstGroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstGroup include The Go-Ahead Group (GOG), National Express Group (NEX), Mobico Group (MCG), Rotala (ROL), easyJet (EZJ), Babcock International Group (BAB), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), Capita (CPI), and International Distributions Services (IDS). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

FirstGroup vs.

The Go-Ahead Group (LON:GOG) and FirstGroup (LON:FGP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

100.1% of FirstGroup shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of FirstGroup shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

FirstGroup received 62 more outperform votes than The Go-Ahead Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.46% of users gave The Go-Ahead Group an outperform vote while only 62.82% of users gave FirstGroup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Go-Ahead GroupOutperform Votes
536
76.46%
Underperform Votes
165
23.54%
FirstGroupOutperform Votes
598
62.82%
Underperform Votes
354
37.18%

The Go-Ahead Group has higher revenue and earnings than FirstGroup. FirstGroup is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Go-Ahead Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Go-Ahead Group£3.79B0.00N/A-£106.20N/A
FirstGroup£3.75B0.29-£12.65M-£2.14-87.56

The Go-Ahead Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to FirstGroup's net margin of -0.34%. The Go-Ahead Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat FirstGroup's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Go-Ahead GroupN/A N/A N/A
FirstGroup -0.34%-2.54%2.38%

In the previous week, FirstGroup had 2 more articles in the media than The Go-Ahead Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for FirstGroup and 0 mentions for The Go-Ahead Group. FirstGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat The Go-Ahead Group's score of 0.00 indicating that FirstGroup is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Go-Ahead Group Neutral
FirstGroup Positive

FirstGroup has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.73%. Given FirstGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstGroup is more favorable than The Go-Ahead Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Go-Ahead Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
FirstGroup
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

FirstGroup beats The Go-Ahead Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FGP vs. The Competition

MetricFirstGroupRailroads IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.10B£24.75B£7.59B£2.65B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.66%4.58%4.79%
P/E Ratio-87.5613.7923.44135.43
Price / Sales0.297.1592.55224,050.15
Price / Cash1.11173.7526.9428.28
Price / Book2.161.954.083.88
Net Income-£12.65M£1.54B£807.24M£5.92B
7 Day Performance0.12%0.42%4.41%3.63%
1 Month Performance13.85%2.19%13.48%25.16%
1 Year Performance10.63%-3.94%20.05%124.03%

FirstGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGP
FirstGroup
2.1193 of 5 stars
GBX 187.40
-0.1%
GBX 207.50
+10.7%
+11.1%£1.10B£3.75B-87.5631,477News Coverage
Gap Down
GOG
The Go-Ahead Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£667.52M£3.79B-14.5627,000
NEX
National Express Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£665.06M£2.81B-270.7546,200
MCG
Mobico Group
3.1738 of 5 stars
GBX 28.68
+2.4%
GBX 68
+137.1%
-51.5%£175.66M£3.24B-1.244,300
ROL
Rotala
N/AN/AN/AN/A£19.54M£98.52M-3,150.0017,500
EZJ
easyJet
3.1831 of 5 stars
GBX 570.80
+1.9%
GBX 640
+12.1%
+21.3%£4.31B£8.81B11.5216,697News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
BAB
Babcock International Group
0.5288 of 5 stars
GBX 853.50
-0.3%
GBX 815
-4.5%
+62.1%£4.28B£4.37B25.8326,115Analyst Forecast
HSV
HomeServe
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
CPI
Capita
2.9699 of 5 stars
GBX 215.40
-0.9%
GBX 2,200
+921.4%
+1,354.9%£3.64B£2.48B-89.2143,000News Coverage
IDS
International Distributions Services
N/AGBX 359.27
+0.0%
N/A+14.0%£3.44B£12.69B63.68160,980

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This page (LON:FGP) was last updated on 5/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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