FirstGroup (FGP)

Sector:

Travel & Leisure

Index:

FTSE 250

97.65p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.70p
  • 52 Week High: 212.39
  • 52 Week Low: 92.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,204.77m
  • Volume: 4,859,776
  • Market Cap: £1,176.45m
  • RiskGrade: 432
  • Beta: 1.20

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 6.3% 5.0%
Div Cover 3.5 2.7
Op Mrgn 3.0% 2.3%
ROCE 10.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 4.5 7.9
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.2
Pr/Book 1.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 3.3% -6.3%
PBT -86.7% 304.2%
EPS -32.8% -42.9%
DPS -67.8% -24.0%

FirstGroup Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 6,187.30 200.00 39.62p 5.5 0.3 +19% 15.29p 7.0%
31-Mar-10 6,261.90 175.30 31.72p 9.2 n/a -20% 16.84p 5.8%
31-Mar-11 6,416.70 126.50 33.51p 7.9 1.3 +6% 18.04p 6.8%
31-Mar-12 6,678.70 279.90 32.61p 5.9 n/a -3% 19.30p 10.0%
31-Mar-13 6,900.90 37.20 21.93p 7.5 n/a -33% 6.21p 3.8%

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-14 6,466.88 150.35 12.52p 7.9 n/a -43% 4.72p 5.0%
31-Mar-15 6,301.93 182.45 13.55p 7.3 0.9 +8% 5.34p 5.7%

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FirstGroup Company Announcements

FIRSTGROUP PLC - Holding(s) in Company 18-Jun-2013 10:03 PR Newswire
FIRSTGROUP PLC - Holding(s) in Company 13-Jun-2013 16:21 PR Newswire
FIRSTGROUP PLC - Holding(s) in Company 13-Jun-2013 16:13 PR Newswire

FirstGroup ShareCast News

FTSE 250 movers: FirstGroup, Aveva, SDL, Vesuvius 18-Jun-2013 ShareCast
FTSE 250 movers: International Personal Finance ... 17-Jun-2013 ShareCast
Monday broker round-up UPDATE 17-Jun-2013 ShareCast

FirstGroup Motley Fool Analysis & Commentary

Top Winners And Losers From The Last 30 Days: Oc... 14-June-2013 Motley Fool
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FirstGroup Top Newspaper Links

Anger at FirstGroup bonus offer to boss 19-Jun-2013 The Herald
Chairman faces up to FirstGroup mistakes 11-Jun-2013 The Herald
First Group prepares rail franchise bids 22-Dec-2011 The Independent

Latest FirstGroup Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-Jun-13 Transfer From Mick Barker 0.000p 15 £0.00
03-Jun-13 Buy Mick Barker 126.36p 183 £231.24
28-May-13 Buy Mick Barker 129.99p 2,000 £2,599.88

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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 97.65p
Change Today -1.70p
% Change -1.71 %
52 Week High 212.39
52 Week Low 92.00
Volume 4,859,776
Shares Issued 1,204.77m
Market Cap £1,176.45m
Beta 1.20
RiskGrade 432

FirstGroup Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
87.95% above the market average87.95% above the market average87.95% above the market average87.95% above the market average87.95% above the market average
85.29% above the sector average85.29% above the sector average85.29% above the sector average85.29% above the sector average85.29% above the sector average
Price Trend
82.47% below the market average82.47% below the market average82.47% below the market average82.47% below the market average82.47% below the market average
91.89% below the sector average91.89% below the sector average91.89% below the sector average91.89% below the sector average91.89% below the sector average
Income
99.07% above the market average99.07% above the market average99.07% above the market average99.07% above the market average99.07% 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
Growth
81.76% below the market average81.76% below the market average81.76% below the market average81.76% below the market average81.76% below the market average
81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average81.82% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 9
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 14
buy
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FirstGroup Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 09-Jan-13 11-Jul-12
Paid 07-Feb-13 17-Aug-12
Amount 7.62p 16.05p

Trades for 19-Jun-2013

Time Volume / Share Price
12:23 100 @ 97.65p
12:21 479 @ 97.85p
12:21 2,339 @ 97.80p
12:21 2,341 @ 97.80p
12:21 2,328 @ 97.80p

FirstGroup Key Personnel

CEO Tim O'Toole

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