Overview
FirstGroup plc is a UK-based transport operator providing bus and rail services in the United Kingdom and North America.
Basic Stats
The share price of FirstGroup plc as of 4 September 2025 is 215.60 GBX / share. This is a decrease of -2.71% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of FirstGroup plc as of 5 September 2025 is 1,219.43 GBX MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of FirstGroup plc from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 1,219.43 MM |
| EV | 1,006.73 MM |
| Shares Out. | 565.60 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 0.23 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.55 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-07-03 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.51 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 5.00 MM |
| Short Interest | |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 35.43 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.28 |
| Beta | 0.73 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 1.10 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 1.98 |
| PE Ratio | 9.56 |
| Price/Book | 1.71 |
| Price/TBV | 2.29 |
| Book/Market | 0.58 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.16 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.09 |
| ROA | 0.04 |
| ROE | 0.18 |
| ROIC | 0.06 |
| CROIC | -0.02 |
| OCROIC | 0.35 |
| Implied Volatility | |
| Put/Call OI Ratio |
| Growth | 75.75 /100 |
| Profitability | 63.55 /100 |
| Quality Score | 89.55 /100 |
| Value Score | 82.16 /100 |
| Momentum Score | 58.33 /100 |
| Stability (Low Vol) Score | 75.14 /100 |
| Analyst Sentiment | 63.14 /100 |
| Fund Sentiment | 85.79 /100 |
| Insider Sentiment | |
| Officer Sentiment | |
| Dividend Score | 60.30 /100 |
| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE | 9.00 /9 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for FirstGroup plc is 243.52 GBX. The forecasts range from a low of 222.20 GBX to a high of 262.50 GBX. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for FirstGroup plc. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-11-02 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-10-27 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-09-23 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2022-08-09 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-06-27 | RBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2022-05-26 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2022-05-25 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2021-12-16 | Citigroup | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-12-02 | Liberum Capital | Reiteration | Reiterate | |
| 2021-10-27 | Peel Hunt LLP | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-10-27 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2021-07-27 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-05-21 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2021-05-20 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-05-12 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-04-30 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2021-02-01 | Citigroup | Top Pick | Reiterate | |
| 2020-11-19 | Bank of America | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2020-10-14 | HSBC | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2020-09-01 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-07-27 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2020-04-24 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2020-01-07 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2019-11-25 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-11-14 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-08-21 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-08-15 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-08-15 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-26 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-25 | RBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-06 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-06-04 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-05-02 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2019-03-06 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2019-02-19 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2018-09-07 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-06-05 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-28 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-27 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-16 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Upgrade | |
| 2017-11-16 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-15 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-14 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-11-03 | HSBC | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-02 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-02 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-01 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-06-01 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-05-30 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-05-11 | UBS | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2017-04-28 | HSBC | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2017-04-05 | RBC Capital Markets | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2017-03-28 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2017-02-08 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2017-02-08 | HSBC | Hold | Upgrade | |
| 2016-12-01 | UBS | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-11-24 | HSBC | Reduce | Downgrade | |
| 2016-11-16 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-10-26 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-09-21 | Deutsche Bank | Sell | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-19 | RBC Capital Markets | Underperform | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-18 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-07-01 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-27 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-15 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-15 | HSBC | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2016-06-14 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-04-12 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-17 | Nomura | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-03 | UBS | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-03 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-02 | HSBC | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2016-01-29 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2016-01-29 | RBC Capital Markets | Underperform | Downgrade | |
| 2016-01-29 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2016-01-29 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2016-01-29 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2016-01-28 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-12-11 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-25 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-17 | RBC Capital Markets | Sector Perform | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-13 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-13 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-12 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-11-10 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-10-20 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-10-08 | UBS | Neutral | Upgrade | |
| 2015-10-05 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-10-02 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-09-17 | Nomura | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-07-15 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-07-14 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-07-14 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-06-15 | Nomura | Reduce | Downgrade | |
| 2015-06-11 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-06-10 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Downgrade | |
| 2015-04-08 | Nomura | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-04-01 | Panmure Gordon | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2015-03-23 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-03-20 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2015-03-11 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-02-18 | UBS | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2015-01-21 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2015-01-21 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2015-01-21 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-12-08 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-12-04 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-12-01 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-05 | Shore Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-05 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-05 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-11-05 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-31 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-09 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-10-08 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-25 | Nomura | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-15 | RBC Capital Markets | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-07-10 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-10 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-06-05 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-05-21 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-25 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-24 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-22 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-11 | Nomura | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2014-04-04 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-03 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-03 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2014-04-02 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-02 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-04-01 | Bank of America | Neutral | Downgrade | |
| 2014-03-26 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Upgrade | |
| 2014-03-21 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-03-20 | Liberum Capital | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-27 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-27 | HSBC | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-24 | UBS | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-24 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-21 | Nomura | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-17 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-16 | HSBC | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-09 | Investec | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2014-01-08 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-12-17 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-12-09 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-22 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-08 | Nomura | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-06 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-06 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-06 | Investec | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2013-11-04 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-10 | RBC Capital Markets | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-07 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-07 | HSBC | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-04 | Nomura | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-04 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-03 | Panmure Gordon | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-10-03 | Investec | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-27 | Jefferies | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-18 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-17 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-09-16 | Nomura | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2013-08-30 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-08-12 | HSBC | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-10 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-weight | Reiterate | |
| 2013-07-02 | Investec | Add | Reiterate | |
| 2023-03-10 | Liberum Capital | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-03-20 | Peel Hunt Limited | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2023-06-14 | Citigroup | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2023-06-23 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2023-07-05 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-04-30 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-06-12 | RBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2024-07-08 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-07-07 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2025-04-22 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2024-12-09 | Berenberg Bank | Buy | Reiterate |
