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FirstGroup (FGP) Competitors

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GBX 220 -1.60 (-0.72%)
As of 11:58 AM Eastern

FGP vs. GOG, NEX, MCG, ROL, SPX, HSV, EZJ, COB, IDS, and SIG

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), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), HomeServe (HSV), easyJet (EZJ), Cobham (COB), International Distributions Services (IDS), and Signature Aviation (SIG). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

FirstGroup vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, FirstGroup had 4 more articles in the media than The Go-Ahead Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for FirstGroup and 0 mentions for The Go-Ahead Group. FirstGroup's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat The Go-Ahead Group's score of 0.00 indicating that FirstGroup is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
FirstGroup Positive
The Go-Ahead Group Neutral

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
FirstGroup-0.34% -2.54% 2.38%
The Go-Ahead Group N/A N/A N/A

FirstGroup currently has a consensus price target of GBX 240, indicating a potential upside of 9.09%. Given FirstGroup's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FirstGroup is more favorable than The Go-Ahead Group.

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

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
FirstGroup£3.75B0.34-£12.65M-£2.14-102.79
The Go-Ahead Group£3.79B0.00N/A-£106.20N/A

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FGP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£1.29B£23.79B£7.64B£3.02B
Dividend Yield3.56%2.66%4.55%5.02%
P/E Ratio-102.7914.5924.55165.88
Price / Sales0.347.99104.17285,131.44
Price / Cash1.11173.7527.7327.97
Price / Book2.532.054.434.46
Net Income-£12.65M£1.54B£797.00M£5.90B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.69%0.93%3.82%
1 Month Performance-1.35%2.87%6.28%9.81%
1 Year Performance28.50%5.26%30.24%74.29%

FirstGroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FGP
FirstGroup
1.2644 of 5 stars
GBX 220
-0.7%
GBX 240
+9.1%
+26.3%£1.29B£3.75B-102.7931,477
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
3.0293 of 5 stars
GBX 31.63
+9.1%
GBX 52.50
+66.0%
-37.9%£193.74M£3.24B-1.374,300News Coverage
Gap Up
ROL
Rotala
N/AN/AN/AN/A£19.54M£98.52M-3,150.0017,500
SPX
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
2.8389 of 5 stars
GBX 6,095
+1.2%
GBX 7,516.67
+23.3%
-31.3%£4.49B£1.66B23.3810,000
HSV
HomeServe
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.05B£1.53B2,995.007,400
EZJ
easyJet
3.898 of 5 stars
GBX 525.40
+0.3%
N/A+2.8%£3.97B£8.81B10.6016,697News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
IDS
International Distributions Services
N/AGBX 359
-0.1%
N/A+7.1%£3.44B£12.69B63.63160,980
SIG
Signature Aviation
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.29B£1.41B-495.0030,900

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This page (LON:FGP) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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