FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

177.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      2.40p
  • 52 Week High: 225.60
  • 52 Week Low: 158.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 539.22m
  • Volume: 2,789,029
  • Market Cap: £957.11m
  • 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 4.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 2.8 2.8
Op Mrgn 4.6% 4.8%
ROCE 12.7%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 8.9 8.4
PEG 1.9 1.0
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.3
Pr/Book 1.4  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -9.2% -11.5%
PBT -5.0% 28.2%
EPS 4.6% n/a
DPS 10.8% 0.0%

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 4,207.62 200.83 20.36p 8.7 n/a n/a 7.20p 0.0%
31-Mar-28 2,093.87 160.82 19.68p 9.0 n/a -3% 7.20p 0.0%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares 21-Sep-2026 07:00 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Confirmation of capital reduction 18-Sep-2026 12:05 PR Newswire
FirstGroup Plc - Director/PDMR Shareholding 14-Sep-2026 15:03 PR Newswire

FirstGroup ShareCast News

FirstGroup sees lower profit, higher cash flow a... 29-Jul-2026 ShareCast
Firstgroup secures Sizewell C bus transport cont... 07-Jul-2026 ShareCast
FirstGroup beats forecasts with FY profits, anno... 18-Jun-2026 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-Sep-26 Buy Ryan Mangold 170.15p 88 £149.73
01-Sep-26 Exercise of option Ryan Mangold 111.00p 13,621 £15,119.31
01-Sep-26 Exercise of option Graham Sutherland 111.00p 13,621 £15,119.31

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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 177.50p
Change Today 2.40p
% Change 1.37 %
52 Week High 225.60
52 Week Low 158.00
Volume 2,789,029
Shares Issued 539.22m
Market Cap £957.11m
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 2
Buy 0
Neutral 1
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 3
buy
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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-Sep-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:47 52,136 @ 175.72p
16:35 2,307 @ 177.50p
16:35 621,801 @ 177.50p
16:35 4,130 @ 177.50p
16:35 160 @ 177.50p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CFO Ryan Mangold
CEO Graham Sutherland
Chair Lena Wilson CBE

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