Foresight Group (FSG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Founded in 1984, Foresight is a leading investment manager in real assets and capital for growth, operating across UK, Europe, and Australia. With decades of experience, Foresight offers investors access to attractive investment opportunities at the forefront of change. Foresight actively builds and grows investment solutions to support the energy transition, decarbonise industry, enhance nature recovery and realise the economic potential of ambitious companies. A constituent of the FTSE 250 index, Foresight’s diversified investment strategies combine financial and operational skillsets to maximise asset value and provide attractive returns to its investors. Its wide range of private and public funds is complemented with a variety of investment solutions designed for the retail market. Foresight is united by a shared commitment to build a sustainable future and grow thriving companies and economies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 495.72 to 501
• 50-Day Range: 409 to 503
• 52-Week Range: 256.76 to 515
• Volume: 12.24 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.01 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £550.74 million
• P/E Ratio: 13.23
• Dividend Yield: 5.44%
• Price Target: GBX 554
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Foresight Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Foresight Group scored higher than 75% 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: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Foresight Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Foresight Group has a consensus price target of GBX 554, representing about 10.8% upside from its current price of GBX 500.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Foresight Group 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 Foresight Group is 13.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Foresight Group is 13.23, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.61.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Foresight Group has a P/B Ratio of 6.72. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 FSG.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Foresight Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.44%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Foresight Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Foresight Group is 65.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Foresight Group has a news sentiment score of 1.42. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.87 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Foresight Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £99,971.25 in company stock, which represents 0.0182% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Foresight Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £99,971.25 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

33.77% of the stock of Foresight Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

43.02% of the stock of Foresight Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:FSG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.foresightgroup.eu
• Phone: 44-20-3667-8100
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 314
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Foresight Group: GBX 554
• High Price Target: GBX 700
• Low Price Target: GBX 480
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 37.80
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.23
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.77
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £25.54 million
• Net Margins: 25.91%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 46.72%
• Return on Assets: 15.09%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 32.71
• Current Ratio: 82.34
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £164.92 million
• Price / Sales: 3.34
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: GBX 74.40 per share
• Price / Book: 6.72

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 110,147,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £550.74 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.60