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FirstGroup (FGP) Competitors

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GBX 230 -1.00 (-0.43%)
As of 12:04 PM Eastern

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

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), Babcock International Group (BAB), Capita (CPI), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), and easyJet (EZJ). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

FirstGroup vs. Its Competitors

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

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£3.75B0.36-£12.65M-£2.14-107.46

100.1% of FirstGroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of FirstGroup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

FirstGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 240, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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, The Go-Ahead Group and The Go-Ahead Group both had 1 articles in the media. The Go-Ahead Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat FirstGroup's score of 0.20 indicating that The Go-Ahead Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Go-Ahead Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FirstGroup
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

FirstGroup beats The Go-Ahead Group on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FGP vs. The Competition

MetricFirstGroupRailroads IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.35B£22.72B£7.60B£3.07B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.66%4.57%5.03%
P/E Ratio-107.4614.5924.96170.63
Price / Sales0.368.2399.43303,754.90
Price / Cash1.11173.7527.9827.96
Price / Book2.652.014.294.52
Net Income-£12.65M£1.54B£795.91M£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.77%0.65%0.92%1.25%
1 Month Performance2.21%5.25%1.78%3.74%
1 Year Performance47.89%13.65%33.85%58.02%

FirstGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGP
FirstGroup
0.9482 of 5 stars
GBX 230
-0.4%
GBX 240
+4.3%
+46.2%£1.35B£3.75B-107.4631,477
GOG
The Go-Ahead Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£667.52M£3.79B-14.5627,000Positive News
NEX
National Express Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£665.06M£2.81B-270.7546,200
MCG
Mobico Group
2.7637 of 5 stars
GBX 37.12
+0.3%
GBX 52.50
+41.4%
-28.5%£227.36M£3.24B-1.614,300Gap Up
ROL
Rotala
N/AN/AN/AN/A£19.54M£98.52M-3,150.0017,500
BAB
Babcock International Group
0.5708 of 5 stars
GBX 1,004
-1.0%
GBX 970
-3.4%
+81.9%£5.04B£4.37B30.3826,115News Coverage
Insider Trade
CPI
Capita
2.7803 of 5 stars
GBX 278.63
-0.3%
GBX 405
+45.4%
+1,372.0%£4.71B£2.48B-115.4043,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2.9127 of 5 stars
GBX 6,160
+0.5%
GBX 7,516.67
+22.0%
-28.1%£4.54B£1.66B23.6310,000News Coverage
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-86.5810,898News Coverage
EZJ
easyJet
3.4445 of 5 stars
GBX 492.90
+0.7%
GBX 700
+42.0%
+20.1%£3.72B£8.81B9.9516,697Dividend Increase

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This page (LON:FGP) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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