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FirstGroup (FGP) Competitors

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GBX 221.60 -2.20 (-0.98%)
As of 12:27 PM Eastern

FGP vs. GOG, NEX, MCG, ROL, BAB, HSV, COB, EZJ, 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), Babcock International Group (BAB), HomeServe (HSV), Cobham (COB), easyJet (EZJ), Capita (CPI), and International Distributions Services (IDS). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

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£3.75B0.35-£12.65M-£2.14-103.54

FirstGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 8.30%. 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

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

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 1 more articles in the media than The Go-Ahead Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for FirstGroup and 0 mentions for The Go-Ahead Group. FirstGroup's average media sentiment score of 1.05 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

Summary

FirstGroup beats The Go-Ahead Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FGP vs. The Competition

MetricFirstGroupRailroads IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.30B£23.35B£7.66B£3.16B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.66%4.55%5.04%
P/E Ratio-103.5414.6948.54663.72
Price / Sales0.357.9997.67468,123.02
Price / Cash1.11173.7528.6727.93
Price / Book2.552.034.116.89
Net Income-£12.65M£1.54B£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.38%-1.48%-0.21%0.23%
1 Month Performance1.56%-2.17%0.20%50.01%
1 Year Performance41.04%10.12%27.55%150.47%

FirstGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGP
FirstGroup
1.1265 of 5 stars
GBX 221.60
-1.0%
GBX 240
+8.3%
+41.5%£1.30B£3.75B-103.5431,477Positive News
GOG
The Go-Ahead Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£667.52M£3.79B-14.5627,000News Coverage
NEX
National Express Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£665.06M£2.81B-270.7546,200
MCG
Mobico Group
0.4404 of 5 stars
GBX 35.41
+2.6%
GBX 52.50
+48.3%
-52.1%£216.88M£3.24B-1.544,300
ROL
Rotala
N/AN/AN/AN/A£19.54M£98.52M-3,150.0017,500
BAB
Babcock International Group
0.7775 of 5 stars
GBX 981.96
-6.2%
GBX 1,027.50
+4.6%
+89.6%£4.93B£4.37B29.7126,115
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
EZJ
easyJet
3.9295 of 5 stars
GBX 518.60
+1.3%
GBX 700
+35.0%
+5.6%£3.92B£8.81B10.4616,697News Coverage
Dividend Increase
CPI
Capita
2.7058 of 5 stars
GBX 229.46
-0.2%
GBX 405
+76.5%
+1,159.9%£3.88B£2.48B-95.0343,000News Coverage
IDS
International Distributions Services
N/AGBX 359
-0.1%
N/A+5.8%£3.44B£12.69B63.63160,980

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This page (LON:FGP) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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