FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

192.80p
   
  • Change Today:
      6.40p
  • 52 Week High: 233.00
  • 52 Week Low: 158.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 562.53m
  • Volume: 953,324
  • Market Cap: £1,084.56m
  • RiskGrade: 282

FirstGroup Overview

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.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 3.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.8 3.0
Op Mrgn 4.6% 5.3%
ROCE 12.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 9.1 8.4
PEG 2.0 1.0
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.3
Pr/Book 1.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -9.2% -19.0%
PBT -5.0% 29.2%
EPS 4.6% 7.3%
DPS 10.8% -0.7%

FirstGroup Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
26-Mar-22 4,591.10 (17.70) 1.60p 67.1 n/a n/a 1.10p 1.0%
25-Mar-23 4,755.00 97.10 11.60p 8.7 0.0 +625% 3.80p 3.8%
30-Mar-24 4,715.10 (18.80) 16.70p 10.8 0.2 +44% 5.50p 3.0%
29-Mar-25 5,233.90 164.90 19.40p 8.5 0.5 +16% 6.50p 4.0%
28-Mar-26 4,751.90 156.70 20.30p 8.3 1.7 +5% 7.20p 4.3%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

FirstGroup Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-27 3,851.34 202.46 21.77p 8.6 1.2 +7% 7.15p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 2,181.10 183.30 22.21p 8.4 4.1 +2% 7.17p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 19-Jun-2026 11:42 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Launch of £100 million sha... 18-Jun-2026 12:25 PR Newswire
FY 2026 results 18-Jun-2026 07:00 RNS

FirstGroup ShareCast News

FirstGroup beats forecasts with FY profits, anno... 18-Jun-2026 ShareCast
Firstgroup buys RATP's UK sightseeing bus operat... 11-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Firstgroup named preferred operator for London O... 10-Dec-2025 ShareCast

FirstGroup Top Newspaper Links

FirstGroup bears brunt of nationalisation but be... 18-Jun-2026 Times
Analyst hands FirstGroup boost 16-Dec-2014 The Herald
FirstGroup hit by rumours East Coast will go to ... 25-Nov-2014 Telegraph

Latest FirstGroup Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
10-Jun-26 Buy Ryan Mangold 168.99p 89 £150.40
11-May-26 Buy Ryan Mangold 166.80p 90 £150.12
10-Apr-26 Buy Ryan Mangold 175.60p 85 £149.26

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

FirstGroup Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 192.80p
Change Today 6.40p
% Change 3.43 %
52 Week High 233.00
52 Week Low 158.00
Volume 953,324
Shares Issued 562.53m
Market Cap £1,084.56m
RiskGrade 282

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average40.79% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Price Trend
86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average86.16% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average8.66% above the market average
14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average
Growth
39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average39.62% above the market average
63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average63.64% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
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FirstGroup Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 02-Jul-26 27-Nov-25
Paid 07-Aug-26 30-Dec-25
Amount 5.00p 2.20p

Trades for 25-Jun-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:53 5,338 @ 190.33p
16:49 1,554 @ 192.80p
16:47 14,872 @ 192.62p
16:35 1,772 @ 192.80p
16:35 478,254 @ 192.80p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
CEO Graham Sutherland
Chair Lena Wilson CBE

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