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FirstGroup PLC

FirstGroup PLC

FGP · LSE · Industrials / Railroads

235.60GBX-1.60 (-0.67%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close237.20
Open231.60
Day Range231.60 – 236.60
52-Week Range148.16 – 214.14
Volume624.41K
Market Cap938.65M
P/E (TTM)9.07
Forward P/E8.37
EPS0.20
Dividend Yield3.97%
Beta0.69
50-Day Avg178.39
200-Day Avg178.20

About

FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. It operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. It operates a fleet of approximately 6,000 buses and coaches, as well as 320 trains. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorIndustrials
  • IndustryRailroads
  • CEOMr. Graham F. Sutherland
  • Employees30.51K
  • HeadquartersThe Point, London, United Kingdom, W2 1AF, UK
  • Websitehttps://www.firstgroupplc.com

Leadership

  • Mr. Graham F. SutherlandCEO & Executive Director · b. 1963
  • Mr. Ryan Dirk MangoldCFO & Director · b. 1971
  • Ms. Marianna BowesHead of Investor Relations
  • Mr. David John Mark BlizzardGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary
  • Stuart ButchersGroup Head of Communications
  • Ms. Janette BellManaging Director of First Bus
  • Mr. Mike NelsonManaging Director of First Rail

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP1995-03-311996-03-311997-03-311998-03-311999-03-312000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Revenue329.10M356.30M557.30M795.00M1.47B1.80B2.05B2.16B2.29B2.48B2.69B3.03B3.71B4.71B6.19B6.26B6.42B6.68B6.90B6.72B6.05B5.22B5.65B6.40B7.13B4.64B4.32B4.59B4.75B4.72B4.65B4.75B
Growth (%)-+8.26%+56.41%+42.65%+84.96%+22.08%+14.42%+5.36%+5.86%+8.21%+8.65%+12.53%+22.37%+26.93%+31.43%+1.21%+2.47%+4.08%+3.33%-2.66%-9.92%-13.76%+8.34%+13.18%+11.39%-34.86%-6.98%+6.30%+3.57%-0.84%-1.31%+2.11%
Cost of Revenue-----------2.71B3.35B4.22B5.41B4.47B4.50B4.83B4.60B4.97B4.17B3.65B3.97B4.50B5.20B2.84B2.27B2.47B2.52B2.69B2.84B4.62B
Gross Profit329.10M356.30M557.30M795.00M1.47B1.80B2.05B2.16B2.29B2.48B2.69B3.03B3.71B4.71B6.19B6.26B6.42B6.68B2.30B1.74B1.88B1.57B1.69B1.90B1.92B1.80B2.04B2.12B2.24B2.02B1.81B135.70M
Gross Margin100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%33.39%25.97%31.10%30.08%29.83%29.71%26.99%38.80%47.32%46.19%47.01%42.94%38.96%2.86%
Operating Expense296.50M321.20M496.30M713.80M1.35B1.63B1.93B2.00B2.11B2.31B2.49B2.82B3.51B4.44B5.82B5.90B6.11B6.23B2.10B1.55B1.68B1.34B1.43B1.69B1.72B1.90B2.06B2.18B2.23B1.98B1.59B0
Operating Income32.60M35.10M61.00M81.20M121.90M161.10M123.40M167.20M179.70M164.70M200.70M210.70M203.60M267.50M371.10M364.20M308.60M448.00M205.70M190.90M203.20M228.20M255.00M209.70M202.80M-103.20M-17.10M-57.50M7.50M46.50M222.60M135.70M
Operating Margin9.91%9.85%10.95%10.21%8.29%8.97%6.01%7.73%7.84%6.64%7.45%6.95%5.49%5.68%6.00%5.82%4.81%6.71%2.98%2.84%3.36%4.37%4.51%3.28%2.85%-2.22%-0.40%-1.25%0.16%0.99%4.78%2.86%
EBITDA49.40M52.60M95.10M129.10M175.60M240.50M297.30M259.90M291.50M271.40M312.60M339.60M356.10M486.20M668.00M699.90M655.00M779.10M552.80M588.50M610.80M605.80M672.50M233.70M384.60M398.90M857.30M863.60M896.70M656.20M849.80M700.80M
EBITDA Margin15.01%14.76%17.06%16.24%11.94%13.40%14.47%12.01%12.72%10.95%11.61%11.20%9.60%10.33%10.80%11.18%10.21%11.67%8.01%8.76%10.09%11.61%11.90%3.65%5.40%8.59%19.85%18.81%18.86%13.92%18.26%14.75%
Net Income15.80M14.60M47.00M55.90M69.40M93.50M77.70M73.90M97.50M91.30M108.10M107.50M91.70M120.40M143.30M132.10M103.20M196.20M35.00M54.20M75.20M90.30M112.30M-296.00M-66.90M-327.20M78.40M636.40M87.10M-15.90M127.50M118.30M
Net Income Margin4.80%4.10%8.43%7.03%4.72%5.21%3.78%3.41%4.26%3.68%4.01%3.55%2.47%2.56%2.32%2.11%1.61%2.94%0.51%0.81%1.24%1.73%1.99%-4.63%-0.94%-7.05%1.82%13.86%1.83%-0.34%2.74%2.49%
Interest Expense9.00M11.00M16.10M20.30M33.40M49.60M67.10M56.90M58.90M63.90M52.60M61.80M72.80M126.00M179.00M191.70M184.30M159.10M165.00M157.80M141.50M133.80M133.20M132.00M110.40M125.60M143.70M141.60M69.10M82.00M65.40M69.80M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue2.73%3.09%2.89%2.55%2.27%2.76%3.27%2.63%2.57%2.58%1.95%2.04%1.96%2.68%2.89%3.06%2.87%2.38%2.39%2.35%2.34%2.56%2.36%2.06%1.55%2.71%3.33%3.08%1.45%1.74%1.41%1.47%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP1995-03-311996-03-311997-03-311998-03-311999-03-312000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Total Assets245.60M266.60M464.20M677.40M856.60M1.67B1.71B1.76B1.73B1.81B1.90B2.09B2.54B4.84B5.92B5.59B5.27B5.31B5.53B5.01B5.25B5.34B5.79B5.33B5.95B8.44B8.29B3.83B4.41B3.81B3.66B3.10B
Total Liabilities203.80M222.00M405.50M696.60M803.00M1.32B1.31B1.34B1.33B1.46B1.67B1.76B1.94B4.13B5.11B4.68B4.32B4.43B4.71B3.78B3.76B3.70B3.71B3.84B4.43B7.27B7.14B2.95B3.66B3.17B2.95B2.38B
Total Equity41.50M44.20M58.30M-19.20M46.00M336.20M399.80M419.00M401.70M352.90M213.90M319.20M596.20M691.60M784.80M894.80M933.60M858.60M794.60M1.21B1.46B1.61B2.06B1.48B1.55B1.21B1.18B876.60M740.20M633.30M696.70M710.00M
Cash18.60M8.80M11.30M38.00M43.50M47.80M66.60M41.00M35.60M94.90M154.10M174.40M411.20M242.30M322.50M335.00M388.00M499.70M682.10M553.90M420.50M360.10M400.90M555.70M692.90M968.90M1.44B787.70M791.40M496.50M171.40M432.00M
Total Debt124.70M135.70M209.40M320.60M438.20M876.40M739.10M753.90M705.70M755.90M817.20M908.90M972.40M2.46B2.76B2.62B2.40B2.45B2.76B1.95B1.94B1.88B1.79B1.69B1.65B4.28B3.18B1.41B2.99B1.60B1.35B1.16B
Net Debt106.10M126.90M198.10M282.60M394.70M828.60M672.50M712.90M670.10M661.00M663.10M734.50M561.20M2.22B2.44B2.29B2.01B1.95B2.08B1.40B1.52B1.52B1.39B1.14B956.10M3.31B1.74B626.10M2.20B1.10B1.18B725.30M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP1995-03-311996-03-311997-03-311998-03-311999-03-312000-03-312001-03-312002-03-312003-03-312004-03-312005-03-312006-03-312007-03-312008-03-312009-03-312010-03-312011-03-312012-03-312013-03-312014-03-312015-03-312016-03-312017-03-312018-03-312019-03-312020-03-282020-03-312021-03-272021-03-312022-03-262022-03-312023-03-252023-03-312024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating Cash Flow31.90M33.00M56.80M69.90M82.30M110.80M150.00M166.20M121.10M177.50M193.70M235.00M295.50M365.80M494.40M452.30M555.70M475.40M332.70M292.30M325.20M409.50M520.40M636.90M563.70M-959.80M-1.20B-65.40M-573.80M543.30M754.20M620.50M
Investing Cash Flow-18.00M-20.20M-89.90M3.80M-105.80M-693.60M100.20M-202.90M-67.50M-131.90M-127.60M-175.40M-212.30M-1.72B-263.00M-168.10M-165.60M-109.10M-157.40M-184.60M-390.60M-384.30M-360.10M-412.90M-366.30M--306.10M--303.00M-2.08B-73.00M-10.20M-150.90M-191.10M
Financing Cash Flow1.20M-27.10M35.60M-58.20M32.90M587.20M-227.50M13.80M-47.40M46.20M-11.20M-32.80M154.50M1.19B-170.50M-267.80M-336.70M-252.20M3.80M-237.50M-75.70M-90.30M-129.20M-73.30M-48.30M--481.00M--357.90M--2.89B--640.90M-776.30M-641.50M-453.50M
Capital Expenditure6.40M9.70M16.00M26.40M64.60M86.10M101.10M154.70M107.40M179.80M124.30M196.20M251.20M302.60M320.20M205.60M210.30M170.90M213.10M277.00M428.90M393.60M374.10M395.90M421.30M0331.00M0389.60M0251.60M0177.90M216.90M156.40M241.80M
Free Cash Flow25.50M23.30M40.80M43.50M17.70M24.70M48.90M11.50M13.70M-2.30M69.40M38.80M44.30M63.20M174.20M246.70M345.40M304.50M119.60M15.30M-103.70M15.90M146.30M241.00M142.40M-628.80M-814.80M--186.20M-395.90M324.00M597.80M378.70M
Dividends Paid--------44.00M45.90M48.00M52.00M57.10M69.50M84.60M93.10M101.40M108.80M114.00M208.30M70.10M-115.50M447.70M--115.50M-76.20M-900.30M-14.70M29.50M34.20M38.90M
FCF to OCF79.94%70.61%71.83%62.23%21.51%22.29%32.60%6.92%11.31%-1.30%35.83%16.51%14.99%17.28%35.23%54.54%62.16%64.05%35.95%5.23%-31.89%3.88%28.11%37.84%25.26%-65.51%-67.65%--284.71%-69.00%59.64%79.26%61.03%
Dividend Paid to FCF--------321.17%-1995.65%69.16%134.02%128.89%109.97%48.56%37.74%29.36%35.73%95.32%1361.44%-67.60%-78.95%185.77%--18.37%-9.35%--483.51%-3.71%9.10%5.72%10.27%

Earnings

Report DateJun 14, 2016Nov 15, 2016Jun 1, 2017Nov 14, 2017May 31, 2018Nov 13, 2018May 30, 2019Nov 14, 2019Mar 31, 2020Dec 10, 2020Mar 31, 2021Dec 9, 2021Jun 14, 2022Nov 9, 2022Jun 8, 2023Nov 23, 2023Mar 31, 2024Jun 30, 2024Nov 14, 2024Dec 31, 2024Jun 10, 2025Jun 30, 2025Nov 18, 2025Dec 31, 2025Nov 12, 2026
EPS Estimate0.070.02-0.020.000.000.100.030.110.030.05-0.020.09-0.620.050.04---------
EPS Actual0.080.010.080.00-0.25-0.01-0.05-0.14-0.13-0.050.14-0.030.030.040.000.00--0.08-0.12-0.10--
Surprise13.15%-57.81%--100.00%---147.66%-638.46%-216.28%-257.27%197.87%-22.95%-65.75%106.45%-100.00%-100.00%---------
Timing-----------Pre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-marketPre-market----Pre-market---Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap938.65M
Enterprise Value1.72B
Trailing P/E9.07
Forward P/E8.37
PEG Ratio0.82
Price / Sales0.20
Price / Book1.26
EPS0.20
Book Value1.31
Revenue (TTM)4.75B
Gross Profit (TTM)2.62B
EBITDA277.90M
Profit Margin2.49%
Operating Margin0.89%
Return on Equity16.68%
Return on Assets2.32%
Shares Outstanding517.45M
Shares Float477.54M
Beta0.69
Dividend Yield3.97%
Dividend Rate0.07
Payout Ratio72.73%

Dividends

20261×
0.05Jul 2, 2026
20252×
0.02Nov 27, 20250.05Jul 3, 2025
20242×
0.02Nov 28, 20240.04Jul 18, 2024
20232×
0.01Nov 30, 20230.03Jul 13, 2023
20222×
0.01Nov 17, 20220.01Jul 14, 2022
20131×
0.06Jan 9, 2013
20122×
0.13Jul 11, 20120.06Jan 4, 2012
20112×
0.12Jul 13, 20110.06Jan 5, 2011
20102×
0.11Jul 14, 20100.05Jan 6, 2010
20092×
0.10Jul 15, 20090.05Jan 7, 2009
20082×
0.09Jul 16, 20080.04Jan 9, 2008
20072×
0.09Jul 18, 20070.04Jan 10, 2007
20062×
0.08Jul 19, 20060.04Jan 11, 2006

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