Costain Group has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 69.4%, while the Construction industry saw earnings growing at 18.1% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 6% per year. Costain Group's return on equity is 13%, and it has net margins of 2.4%.
Key information
69.40%
Earnings growth rate
74.25%
EPS growth rate
Construction Industry Growth
20.19%
Revenue growth rate
6.04%
Return on equity
12.98%
Net Margin
2.45%
Next Earnings Update
20 Aug 2025
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How Costain Group makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
OTCPK:CTNG.Y Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
31 Dec 24
1,251
31
58
0
30 Sep 24
1,279
31
58
0
30 Jun 24
1,307
31
59
0
31 Mar 24
1,319
26
60
0
31 Dec 23
1,332
22
62
0
30 Sep 23
1,376
22
62
0
30 Jun 23
1,421
22
62
0
31 Mar 23
1,421
24
59
0
31 Dec 22
1,421
26
55
0
30 Sep 22
1,333
10
54
0
30 Jun 22
1,244
-6
53
0
31 Mar 22
1,189
-6
51
0
31 Dec 21
1,135
-6
50
0
30 Sep 21
1,105
0
42
0
30 Jun 21
1,075
6
35
0
31 Mar 21
1,027
-36
34
0
31 Dec 20
978
-78
34
0
30 Sep 20
1,000
-82
33
0
30 Jun 20
1,021
-85
32
0
31 Mar 20
1,089
-44
32
0
31 Dec 19
1,156
-3
33
0
30 Sep 19
1,227
11
34
0
30 Jun 19
1,299
24
35
0
31 Mar 19
1,381
29
36
0
31 Dec 18
1,464
33
38
0
30 Sep 18
1,529
34
40
0
30 Jun 18
1,595
36
42
0
31 Mar 18
1,639
34
41
0
31 Dec 17
1,684
33
41
0
30 Sep 17
1,673
31
40
0
30 Jun 17
1,661
30
39
0
31 Mar 17
1,618
28
38
0
31 Dec 16
1,574
26
36
0
30 Sep 16
1,498
25
36
0
30 Jun 16
1,422
23
36
0
31 Mar 16
1,343
23
35
0
31 Dec 15
1,264
22
35
0
30 Sep 15
1,216
23
34
0
30 Jun 15
1,169
24
34
0
31 Mar 15
1,121
23
34
0
31 Dec 14
1,072
21
33
0
30 Sep 14
1,017
18
33
0
Quality Earnings: CTNG.Y has a large one-off loss of £12.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2024.
Growing Profit Margin: CTNG.Y's current net profit margins (2.4%) are higher than last year (1.7%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: CTNG.Y has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 69.4% per year.
Accelerating Growth: CTNG.Y's earnings growth over the past year (38.5%) is below its 5-year average (69.4% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: CTNG.Y earnings growth over the past year (38.5%) exceeded the Construction industry 34.8%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: CTNG.Y's Return on Equity (13%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
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Company Analysis
2025/08/16 11:59
End of Day Share Price
2025/05/20 00:00
Earnings
2024/12/31
Annual Earnings
2024/12/31
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Analyst Sources
Costain Group PLC is covered by 14 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.