CTNG.Y Stock Overview

Provides smart infrastructure solutions for the transportation, energy, water, and defense markets in the United Kingdom. More details

CTNG.Y fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	4/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	6/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Trading at 33.5% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 18.37% per year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Unstable dividend track record

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Costain Group
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£1.46
52 Week High	UK£2.40
52 Week Low	UK£1.46
Beta	2.43
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	-39.17%
1 Year Change	113.86%
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	39.05%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CTNG.Y	US Construction	US Market
7D	0%	-4.4%	-2.2%
1Y	113.9%	51.1%	23.9%

Return vs Industry: CTNG.Y exceeded the US Construction industry which returned 25.5% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CTNG.Y exceeded the US Market which returned 20.5% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CTNG.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CTNG.Y volatility
CTNG.Y Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Construction Industry Average Movement	6.7%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	17.0%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: CTNG.Y's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine CTNG.Y's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1865	3,270	Alex Vaughan	www.costain.com

Costain Group PLC provides smart infrastructure solutions for the transportation, energy, water, and defense markets in the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments, Transportation and Natural Resources. The Transportation segment operates in the road, rail, and integrated transport markets.

Costain Group PLC Fundamentals Summary

How do Costain Group's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CTNG.Y fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$298.90m
Earnings (TTM)	US$28.04m
Revenue (TTM)	US$1.69b

10.7x

P/E Ratio

0.2x

P/S Ratio

Is CTNG.Y overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CTNG.Y income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£1.33b
Cost of Revenue	UK£1.23b
Gross Profit	UK£104.80m
Other Expenses	UK£82.70m
Earnings	UK£22.10m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2023

Next Earnings Date

Aug 21, 2024

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.079
Gross Margin	7.87%
Net Profit Margin	1.66%
Debt/Equity Ratio	0%

How did CTNG.Y perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.9%

Current Dividend Yield

15%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/07/03 18:01
End of Day Share Price	2024/04/05 00:00
Earnings	2023/12/31
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Costain Group PLC is covered by 11 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Buxton	Cavendish
Kevin Cammack	Cavendish Historical (Cenkos Securities)
Andrew Blain	Investec Bank plc (UK)