Costain Group (COST)

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200.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 247.50p
  • 52 Week Low: 180.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 65.48m
  • Volume: 31,368
  • Market Cap: £130.96m
  • RiskGrade: 190
  • Beta: 0.63

Costain Group Overview

Costain Group is in the construction & materials sector and is currently trading at 200.00p per share. In the last year Costain Group's share price has ranged from 180.00p to 247.50p and brokers are currently rating this stock as 'strong buy'.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 5.0% 5.3%
Div Cover 3.1 2.5
Op Mrgn 2.6% 2.5%
ROCE 152.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 6.4 7.4
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.2 0.1
Pr/Book 4.3  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -6.1% 13.2%
PBT -14.3% 0.9%
EPS -14.6% -13.5%
DPS 8.1% 7.5%

Costain Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 747.60 19.80 36.00p 7.5 n/a n/a 5.00p 1.9%
31-Dec-08 902.60 23.10 29.00p 6.8 n/a -19% 7.50p 3.8%
31-Dec-09 993.40 18.10 2.30p 105.4 n/a -92% 0.82p 0.3%
31-Dec-10 924.50 27.90 36.40p 5.8 0.0 +1,483% 9.25p 4.4%
31-Dec-11 868.50 23.90 31.10p 5.9 n/a -15% 10.00p 5.4%

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

Costain Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 983.27 24.11 26.91p 7.4 n/a -14% 10.75p 5.3%
31-Dec-13 1,024.70 26.02 30.09p 6.6 0.6 +12% 11.43p 5.7%

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Costain Group Company Announcements

2011 Final Dividend - Scrip Alternative 24-May-2012 09:48 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 10-May-2012 14:36 RNS
Result of AGM 09-May-2012 13:26 RNS

Costain Group ShareCast News

Costain makes solid start to 2012 09-May-2012 ShareCast
Costain on course to double profits 07-Mar-2012 ShareCast
Wednesday preview: Admiral, Costain, Sportech, L... 06-Mar-2012 ShareCast

Costain Group Top Newspaper Links

Mouchel board turns down Costain's bid approach 23-Dec-2010 The Independent
Costain makes £118m offer for Mouchel 23-Dec-2010 Guardian
Costain puts pressure on Mouchel board to talk a... 23-Dec-2010 The Scotsman

Latest Costain Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
24-May-12 Scrip Dividend Michael Alexander 0.000p 305 £0.00

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.

 

Costain Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 200.00p
Change Today -1.00p
% Change -0.50 %
52 Week High 247.50p
52 Week Low 180.00p
Volume 31,368
Shares Issued 65.48m
Market Cap £130.96m
Beta 0.63
RiskGrade 190

Costain Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
60.87% above the market average60.87% above the market average60.87% above the market average60.87% above the market average60.87% above the market average
47.06% above the sector average47.06% above the sector average47.06% above the sector average47.06% above the sector average47.06% above the sector average
Price Trend
24.36% above the market average24.36% above the market average24.36% above the market average24.36% above the market average24.36% above the market average
28.21% above the sector average28.21% above the sector average28.21% above the sector average28.21% above the sector average28.21% above the sector average
Income
85.85% above the market average85.85% above the market average85.85% above the market average85.85% above the market average85.85% above the market average
73.91% above the sector average73.91% above the sector average73.91% above the sector average73.91% above the sector average73.91% above the sector average
Growth
19.12% below the market average19.12% below the market average19.12% below the market average19.12% below the market average19.12% below the market average
7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average7.69% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 1
Neutral 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 4
strong_buy
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

Costain Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 18-Apr-12 21-Sep-11
Paid 25-May-12 28-Oct-11
Amount 6.75p 3.25p

Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 161 @ 200.00p
16:28 70 @ 200.00p
16:28 175 @ 200.00p
16:28 947 @ 200.00p
16:18 144 @ 198.00p

Costain Group Key Personnel

CEO Andrew Wyllie
Finance Director Anthony Bickerstaff
Chair David Allvey

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