Valuation: FirstGroup plc

Market Cap 960M 1.27B 1.13B 1.05B 1.81B 122B 1.83B 12.74B 4.94B 62.4B 4.77B 4.66B 200B P/E 2027 *
9.16x
P/E 2028 * 9.02x
Enterprise Value 1.47B 1.95B 1.73B 1.62B 2.78B 187B 2.8B 19.56B 7.58B 95.8B 7.32B 7.16B 307B EV / Sales 2027 *
0.35x
EV / Sales 2028 * 0.65x
Free-Float
89.84%
Yield 2027 *
4.07%
Yield 2028 * 4.17%
1 day+0.17%
1 week+2.20%
Current month-0.71%
1 month+1.97%
3 months-1.79%
6 months+5.83%
Current year-4.83%
1 week 174
Extreme 174
188.7
1 month 158.9
Extreme 158.9
188.7
Current year 152.1
Extreme 152.1
198.3
1 year 152.1
Extreme 152.1
222.6
3 years 128.6
Extreme 128.6
240.4
5 years 83.75
Extreme 83.75
240.4
10 years 25
Extreme 25
240.4
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 63 16/05/2022
Director of Finance/CFO 55 31/05/2019
Chief Investment Officer - 01/04/2024
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 55 -
Director/Board Member 62 24/01/2020
Director/Board Member 57 21/01/2022
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap. Importance
9/10/26 A Buy

Chief Financial Officer

88 0.0000%
5/11/26 A Buy

Chief Financial Officer

90 0.0000%
4/14/26 A Buy

Chief Financial Officer

85 0.0000%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.17%+2.20%-16.56%+23.99% 1.27B
-2.22%-2.88%+20.09%+5.07% 25.13B
-0.90%-4.74%-8.32%+21.88% 23.59B
-1.39%-4.16%-14.56%+5.72% 21.81B
+1.11%+1.67%-45.77%+14.24% 16.45B
+24.09%+8.16%+6.36%-24.72% 8.75B
-1.17%-5.56%-9.78%-3.37% 8.28B
+1.40%-1.97%+0.52%-9.92% 6.51B
-1.37%-4.52%-10.69%-5.52% 5.67B
-1.77%-6.28%-12.75% - 5.3B
Average +1.79%-2.36%-9.15%+3.04% 12.28B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.85%-2.72%-7.60%+5.90%

Financials

2027 *2028 *
Net sales 4.21B 5.58B 4.95B 4.62B 7.95B 536B 8.02B 55.96B 21.68B 274B 20.94B 20.48B 880B 2.1B 2.78B 2.47B 2.3B 3.96B 267B 4B 27.88B 10.8B 137B 10.43B 10.21B 438B
Net income 113M 150M 133M 124M 213M 14.37B 215M 1.5B 581M 7.35B 561M 549M 23.58B 98.5M 130M 116M 108M 186M 12.53B 187M 1.31B 507M 6.4B 489M 479M 20.55B
Net Debt 514M 680M 604M 564M 969M 65.34B 978M 6.82B 2.64B 33.41B 2.55B 2.5B 107B 414M 548M 487M 455M 782M 52.71B 789M 5.5B 2.13B 26.95B 2.06B 2.01B 86.48B
Logo FirstGroup plc
FirstGroup plc is a private sector provider of public transport services. The Company's divisions include First Bus and First Rail. First Bus is a bus operator in the United Kingdom with a fleet of approximately 3,000 buses and coaches. It provides tendered bus services for local authorities and is an operator in the majority of its local areas, including major urban centers such as Glasgow, Bristol and Leeds. Its adjacent services business provides a range of bus and coach services, including schools, private tour operators, airports and airlines, and distribution centers. First Rail is a rail operator which operates a fleet of approximately 1,800 locomotives and rail carriages through two DfT contracted train operating companies: West Coast Partnership (WCP), (incorporating Avanti West Coast and West Coast Partnership Development) and Great Western Railway (GWR), and two open access routes (Hull Trains and Lumo). The Company also has sightseeing bus operations.
Employees
30,513
Date Price Change Volume
02/10/26 GBX 181.40 +0.17% 758,293
01/10/26 GBX 181.10 -0.88% 5,117,309
30/09/26 GBX 182.70 +1.33% 1,536,737
29/09/26 GBX 180.30 +0.78% 1,804,861
28/09/26 GBX 178.90 +0.79% 2,497,785
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
3
Last Close Price
1.814GBP
Average target price
2.600GBP
Spread / Average Target
+43.33%

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