Serco Group (SRP) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Serco brings together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create innovative solutions that make a positive impact and address some of the most urgent and complex challenges facing the modern world. With a primary focus on serving governments globally, Serco's services are powered by more than 50,000 people working across defence, space, migration, justice, healthcare, mobility, and customer services. Serco's core capabilities include service design and advisory, resourcing, complex programme management, systems integration, case management, engineering, and asset & facilities management. Underpinned by Serco's unique operating model, Serco drives innovation and supports customers from service discovery through to delivery. More information can be found at www.serco.com

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 268 to 275.20
• 50-Day Range: 248.60 to 277.20
• 52-Week Range: 218.40 to 325.80
• Volume: 1.66 million shs
• Average Volume: 11.10 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.22
• Dividend Yield: 1.83%
• Price Target: GBX 314.25
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Serco Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Serco Group scored higher than 50% 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: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Serco Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Serco Group has a consensus price target of GBX 314.25, representing about 15.2% upside from its current price of GBX 272.81.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Serco 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 Serco Group is 18.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.84.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Serco Group is 18.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.72.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Serco Group has a PEG Ratio of 3.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Serco Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.97. 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 SRP.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Serco Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.83%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Serco Group is 30.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.69

News Sentiment

Serco Group has a news sentiment score of 0.69. 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 0.58 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Serco Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

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

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.13% of the stock of Serco Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.97% of the stock of Serco Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Commercial Services & Supplies
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SRP
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.serco.com
• Phone: +44-1256-745900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 50,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Serco Group: GBX 314.25
• High Price Target: GBX 400
• Low Price Target: GBX 230
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 14.97
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.22
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.54
• P/E Growth: 3.06
• Net Income: £130.15 million
• Net Margins: 3.06%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 17.55%
• Return on Assets: 4.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 104.16
• Current Ratio: 0.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.98

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £4.97 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.53
• Cash Flow: GBX 26.10 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.45
• Book Value: GBX 91.93 per share
• Price / Book: 2.97

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 963,186,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.63 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.52