Costain Group (COST) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. We are organised around our customers anticipating and solving their challenges and helping to improve performance. By bringing together our unique mix of construction, consulting and digital experts we engineer and deliver sustainable, efficient and practical solutions. Our 3,500 people manage a workforce of around 16,000 people and collaborate with customers, partners, communities and wider industry to make infrastructure fit for a better future. Our ambition is to become a net zero business by 2035, while enhancing biodiversity and natural capital, and we have plans in place to deliver this. We are committed to procure responsibly and to be an inclusive and accessible business for all, enabling us to be our best while focusing on the outcomes that we deliver for people and planet.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 93.60 to 96.80
• 50-Day Range: 86 to 110.50
• 52-Week Range: 61 to 113
• Volume: 307,056 shs
• Average Volume: 1.31 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £261.97 million
• P/E Ratio: 874.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.04%
• Price Target: GBX 105
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Costain Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Costain Group scored higher than 5% 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: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Costain Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Costain Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

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

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Costain Group is 874.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 104.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Costain Group is 874.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 356.04.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Costain Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.63. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Costain Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.15. 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 COST.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Costain Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.18%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Costain Group is 909.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for COST.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.46

News Sentiment

Costain Group has a news sentiment score of 0.46. 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 0.32 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Costain Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 111 people have searched for COST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -18% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 6.43% of the stock of Costain Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.69% of the stock of Costain Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

COST Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have COST shares performed this year?

Costain Group's stock was trading at GBX 106 at the start of the year. Since then, COST stock has decreased by 9.2% and is now trading at GBX 96.20.
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How were Costain Group's earnings last quarter?

Costain Group PLC (LON:COST) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 11th. The company reported $13.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $10.80 by $2.70. Costain Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.84% and a net margin of 2.33%.

How do I buy shares of Costain Group?

Shares of COST stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Costain Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Costain Group investors own include Fluor (FLR), Jacobs Engineering Group (JEC), KBR (KBR), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META) and John Wood Group (WG).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/11/2020
• Today: 1/29/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Engineering & Construction
• Sub-Industry: Retail
• Current Symbol: LON:COST
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: costain.com
• Phone: +44-1628-842444
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,270
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 105
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 105
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 105
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 863.64
• Forward P/E Ratio: 6.91
• P/E Growth: 1.63
• Net Income: £30.50 million
• Net Margins: 2.33%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 13.84%
• Return on Assets: 5.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 9.86
• Current Ratio: 1.40
• Quick Ratio: 1.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.31 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.20
• Cash Flow: GBX 108.99 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.87
• Book Value: GBX 84 per share
• Price / Book: 1.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 272,320,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £258.70 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 2.64