Costain Group PLC (LON:COST) Plans Dividend Increase - GBX 2 Per Share

Costain Group PLC (LON:COST - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Tuesday, March 11th, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, April 17th will be given a dividend of GBX 2 ($0.03) per share on Thursday, May 29th. This represents a yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. This is a 400.0% increase from Costain Group's previous dividend of $0.40. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Costain Group Stock Performance

Shares of LON COST traded down GBX 2.90 ($0.04) during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting GBX 103.90 ($1.38). The stock had a trading volume of 254,509 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,411,680. The firm has a market cap of £278.29 million, a PE ratio of 9.27, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.40. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 105.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 103.67. Costain Group has a twelve month low of GBX 73.65 ($0.98) and a twelve month high of GBX 114.50 ($1.52).

Costain Group (LON:COST - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 14.60 ($0.19) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Costain Group had a return on equity of 13.56% and a net margin of 2.33%. Research analysts predict that Costain Group will post 13.7551582 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Costain Group

Costain helps to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.