Firstgroup (FGROY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FirstGroup plc is a transport operator headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, providing bus, coach and rail services across the United Kingdom and North America. The company’s core businesses comprise First Bus, which operates local and regional bus networks in urban and rural communities; First Rail, which holds and operates rail franchises on the UK network; and First Transit, a subsidiary offering outsourced transit management services to public agencies and institutions.

Since its formation in 1986 following the privatization of British Rail, FirstGroup has grown through organic bidding for UK rail and bus contracts and strategic acquisitions overseas. In North America, the company expanded its footprint by acquiring established coach and transit businesses, operating under brands such as Greyhound for intercity coach services and managing school and shuttle bus operations in the U.S. and Canada.

FirstGroup’s service portfolio encompasses scheduled passenger routes, charter and tour coach operations, rail commuter and long-distance rail franchises, and bespoke transit solutions for universities, airports and municipal agencies. Innovations in ticketing technologies, fleet electrification and multimodal connectivity underpin its efforts to improve service reliability and reduce environmental impact.

Serving major metropolitan areas in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland as well as key cities and regions across North America, FirstGroup is governed by a board of directors and led by a senior executive team focused on operational safety, customer service excellence and sustainable growth in passenger transport.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.16 to $2.16
• 50-Day Range: $2.03 to $2.50
• 52-Week Range: $2.03 to $3.31
• Volume: 2 shs
• Average Volume: 273 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.22 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.31%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Firstgroup Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Firstgroup scored higher than 30% 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: 1.5 / 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, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Firstgroup has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Firstgroup has a P/B Ratio of 1.39. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Firstgroup has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Firstgroup has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.14, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Firstgroup has recently decreased by 91.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Firstgroup pays a meaningful dividend of 2.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Firstgroup has a news sentiment score of 1.00. 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 0.72 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Firstgroup this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 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

0.18% of the stock of Firstgroup is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Firstgroup has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 5/31/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Transportation
• Industry: TRANS - SERVICES
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:FGROY
• CIK: 1438926
• Web: www.firstgroupplc.com
• Phone: 442072910505
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 35,717
• Year Founded: 1999

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.41
• Current Ratio: 0.70
• Quick Ratio: 0.68

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.46 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.19
• Cash Flow: $1.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.35
• Book Value: $1.55 per share
• Price / Book: 1.39

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 562,530,000
• Free Float: 561,518,000
• Market Cap: $1.22 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.41