FirstGroup (FGP) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos. FirstGroup plc was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 176.80 to 184.10
• 50-Day Range: 168.20 to 185.59
• 52-Week Range: 152.10 to 223
• Volume: 4.48 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.77 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £952.28 million
• P/E Ratio: 8.84
• Dividend Yield: 4.02%
• Price Target: GBX 251.25
• Consensus Rating: Buy

FirstGroup Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FirstGroup scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

FirstGroup has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

FirstGroup has a consensus price target of GBX 251.25, representing about 38.1% upside from its current price of GBX 181.90.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FirstGroup has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FirstGroup is 8.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FirstGroup is 8.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.16.

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 2.10. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FGP.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

FirstGroup is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.02%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of FirstGroup is 33.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.22

News Sentiment

FirstGroup has a news sentiment score of 0.22. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for FirstGroup this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added FirstGroup to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FirstGroup insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.27% of the stock of FirstGroup is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.71% of the stock of FirstGroup is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/18/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Ground Transportation
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:FGP
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.firstgroupplc.com
• Phone: +44-1224-650100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 31,477
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for FirstGroup: GBX 251.25
• High Price Target: GBX 255
• Low Price Target: GBX 245
• Potential Upside/Downside: +38.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 20.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.46
• P/E Growth: 5.21
• Net Income: -£12.65 million
• Net Margins: 2.49%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 17.75%
• Return on Assets: 2.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 163.00
• Current Ratio: 0.73
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £4.33 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.22
• Cash Flow: GBX 163.39 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.11
• Book Value: GBX 86.81 per share
• Price / Book: 2.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 522,995,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £950.80 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.69