FirstGroup

(FGP)
Sector: Industrial Transportation
136.90p
-1.60p -1.16
Last updated: 16:45:09

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Today's buy and sell prices

The price at which you can buy a share or investment. It is usually higher than the bid (sell) price. It’s the price you are being offered. Offer 137.30p
The price at which you can sell a share or investment. It is lower than the offer (buy) price. Bid 134.50p
The difference between the bid and offer prices expressed as a percentage. When you buy shares you pay a higher price than you get when you sell them. The difference between these prices is the profit made by the market maker who puts the deals together. Spread 2.04

Today's trading

Range The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. 135.60p-144.20p
The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Volume 655,123.00
The lowest and the highest price a share has reached in the trading day. Today's open 144.20p
At the end of the trading day there is an official closing price for every share. The previous session’s close is used as the base to calculate the following day’s price changes. Previous close 136.90p

Yearly summary

The highest and lowest prices the shares have traded at over a rolling 52-week period. It gives you a good indication of how the share price is performing now relative to its recent past performance. 52wk range 133.20p-187.70p

Fundamentals and health

A measure of the company's worth on the stock market. We display the previous closing share price multiplied by the number of shares in issue. Market capitalisation £842.58
The number of shares a company has in circulation, in millions. Shares in issue 626.74
The main valuation used by investors and a way of gauging whether a company's share price is cheap or expensive compared to competitors. You get PE by dividing the share price by the earnings per share (EPS). Our figure is last basic unadjusted - reported - annual EPS / current share price x 100. Companies also quote adjusted EPS figures to remove the effect of one-off exceptional figures from the profit figures. There is debate among investors as to whether this should be used. We use basic EPS – the purest figure. PE ratio 9.5
PEG ratio n/a
An important ratio for showing how much profit after tax and other deductions (net profit) is actually being earned per share. You divide the net profit by the number of shares in issue. Expressed in pence per share. Looking at whether the EPS is rising or falling over time is one of the most important indicators of whether a company is really making money for its shareholders. Our figure is undiluted, meaning it is not adjusted for exceptional costs. EPS 10.60p
Earnings per share growth illustrates the growth of earning per share over the last two reporting periods. It helps investors identify stocks that are increasing or decreasing in profitability. A minus sign indicates negative growth. EPS growth 562
Return on capital employed measures a company's profitability in relation to how much capital is invested in the business. Generally, the higher the figure the better but with all these ratios it is best to compare companies from the same sector. A high double digit figure may mean a company has an advantage over its competitors because of a unique product but an oil company, for example, will have higher capital outlay than an online retailer. Our formula: [Pre-tax profit / (total assets – short-term liabilities)] * 100 ROCE 5.43
Also known as the acid test ratio, it's a quick guide to how well a company can pay its short-term debts. Above 1 is considered healthy. A ratio of 1.5 would mean the company has £1.50 of liquid (accessible) assets to cover each £1 of debt (current liabilities). Formula: Current assets minus inventory / current liabilities. Quick ratio 0.86
Indicates whether a company can convert assets into cash to pay its debts within the next 12 months. It is calculated as current assets / current liabilities for the same period but will display as '0' for companies such as banks that don't distinguish between short and long-term liabilities. Current ratio 0.87
The amount of money a company paid to a shareholder for each share they own over the past 12 months, expressed in pence. Total dividends per share 1.50p
The dividends paid per share over the past 12 months (interim plus final) as a percentage of the share price. Our figure includes recurring special dividends. Dividend yield 3.8
The number of times the dividend could have been paid out from net profits. It is a good indicator of the company's ability to pay the dividend and its level of generosity. Formula: earnings per share / dividends per share. More than 2 is considered healthy, less than 1.5 may hint that a dividend is at risk of being cut. Dividend cover 2.79
Dividend per share growth 245.45

FirstGroup Fundamentals

FirstGroup is one of Britain's largest transport companies, operating bus services, passenger and freight rail services in the UK and yellow school bus and other services in the US. The group's UK rail interests include First Great Western, TransPennine Express, Hull Trains, First Great Western Link, First North Western and GB Railfreight.

FirstGroup Regulatory news

Date Time Headline Source
25/10/2024 07:00 Acquisition of Lakeside Group PR Newswire
21/10/2024 07:00 Acquisition of Anderson Travel PR Newswire
15/10/2024 10:22 Director/PDMR Shareholding PR Newswire
01/10/2024 08:56 Blocklisting - Interim Review PR Newswire
19/09/2024 15:36 Holding(s) in Company PR Newswire
16/09/2024 11:38 Director/PDMR Shareholding PR Newswire
13/09/2024 13:40 Director/PDMR Shareholding PR Newswire
11/09/2024 07:00 Directorate Change PR Newswire
04/09/2024 15:42 Director/PDMR Shareholding PR Newswire
02/09/2024 09:35 Total Voting Rights PR Newswire

FirstGroup Latest trades

Latest trades

Date Time Price Amount Value Type Buy / sell
08/11/2024 16:35:02 137p 1,205 £1,650.85 PT Sell
08/11/2024 16:35:02 137p 1,527 £2,091.99 PT Sell
08/11/2024 16:35:02 137p 455,553 £624,107.61 PC Sell
08/11/2024 16:35:02 137p 2,713 £3,716.81 Unknown
08/11/2024 16:35:02 137p 1 £1.37 Unknown

Analysis

Buy Sell Unknown
Quantity 161 308 151
Volume 66,714 583,487 460,591
Value £91,558 £799,488 £630,569

FirstGroup Director dealings

Trade date Director Volume / Price Trade value Trade type
10/10/2024 Ryan Mangold 109 @ 137.60p £149.98 Buy
16/09/2024 Graham Sutherland 20,000 @ 153.40p £30,680.00 Buy
10/09/2024 Ryan Mangold 94 @ 158.94p £149.40 Buy
03/09/2024 Anthony (Ant) Green 41 @ 156.90p £64.33 Dividend Reinvestment
03/09/2024 Ryan Mangold 200 @ 156.90p £313.80 Dividend Reinvestment
12/08/2024 Ryan Mangold 93 @ 161.31p £150.02 Buy
07/08/2024 Ryan Mangold 494,190 @ 158.87p £785,119.65 Sell
07/08/2024 Ryan Mangold 440,084 @ 0.00 0.00 Transfer From
12/07/2024 Ryan Mangold 88 @ 170.35p £149.91 Buy
11/06/2024 Ryan Mangold 89 @ 169.51p £150.86 Buy

FirstGroup Broker views

Date Broker Recomm. Old target price New target price Notes
08/07/2024 Berenberg Bank buy 195.00p 205.00p reiteration
12/06/2024 RBC Capital Markets outperform - 200.00p reiteration
30/04/2024 Berenberg Bank buy 191.00p 195.00p reiteration
05/07/2023 Berenberg Bank buy 130.00p 170.00p reiteration
23/06/2023 JP Morgan Cazenove overweight 131.00p 148.00p reiteration
14/06/2023 Citigroup outperform - 170.00p reiteration
20/03/2023 Peel Hunt Limited buy - 143.00p reiteration
10/03/2023 Liberum Capital buy - 165.00p reiteration
10/11/2022 JP Morgan Cazenove overweight 149.00p 129.00p reiteration
02/11/2022 Berenberg Bank buy 160.00p 130.00p reiteration
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