Valuation: FirstGroup plc

Market Cap 976M 1.31B 1.14B 1.06B 1.84B 125B 1.87B 12.53B 4.92B 62.41B 4.93B 4.82B 209B P/E 2027 *
9.2x
P/E 2028 * 9.71x
Enterprise Value 1.5B 2.02B 1.75B 1.63B 2.83B 192B 2.87B 19.23B 7.55B 95.83B 7.57B 7.41B 321B EV / Sales 2027 *
0.36x
EV / Sales 2028 * 0.67x
Free-Float
89.62%
Yield 2027 *
3.91%
Yield 2028 * 3.9%
1 day+0.27%
1 week+1.43%
1 month-1.97%
3 months+14.46%
6 months-2.23%
Current year-3.25%
1 week 177.25
Extreme 177.246
192.8
1 month 167.6
Extreme 167.6
192.8
Current year 152.1
Extreme 152.1
198.3
1 year 152.1
Extreme 152.1
240.4
3 years 128.6
Extreme 128.6
240.4
5 years 82.15
Extreme 82.15
240.4
10 years 25
Extreme 25
240.4
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 63 15/05/2022
Director of Finance/CFO 55 30/05/2019
Investor Relations Contact - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 55 -
Director/Board Member 62 23/01/2020
Director/Board Member 57 20/01/2022
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
18/03/26 Buy

Chief Executive Officer

29,543 0.0053%
12/02/26 Buy

Chief Financial Officer

79 0.0000%
15/01/26 Buy

Chief Financial Officer

79 0.0000%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.27%+1.43%-18.41%+26.74% 1.31B
-0.78%+2.79%+17.45%-6.18% 26.29B
-0.45%-0.86%-14.39% - 5.31B
-.--%+1.52%-11.84%+6.35% 2.26B
+3.88%+2.88%-38.15%-73.25% 1.03B
-.--%+0.21%+6.03%-5.85% 648M
+0.83%+7.05%-16.21%-14.94% 515M
-0.58%-0.58%+69.31%+103.57% 417M
-1.25%-2.12%-1.64%-7.04% 279M
-.--%+1.44%+10.87%+6.99% 230M
Average +0.17%+1.69%+0.30%+4.04% 3.83B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.53%+2.43%+8.32%-4.76%

Financials

2027 *2028 *
Net sales 4.21B 5.66B 4.92B 4.58B 7.95B 541B 8.07B 54.02B 21.2B 269B 21.27B 20.8B 903B 2.09B 2.82B 2.45B 2.28B 3.95B 269B 4.02B 26.88B 10.55B 134B 10.58B 10.35B 449B
Net income 114M 153M 133M 124M 215M 14.65B 219M 1.46B 574M 7.29B 576M 564M 24.45B 99.5M 134M 116M 108M 188M 12.79B 191M 1.28B 501M 6.37B 503M 492M 21.34B
Net Debt 522M 703M 611M 569M 987M 67.13B 1B 6.71B 2.63B 33.42B 2.64B 2.58B 112B 427M 575M 500M 466M 807M 54.93B 820M 5.49B 2.15B 27.35B 2.16B 2.11B 91.69B
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
31/07/26 GBX 184.40 +0.27% 952,298
30/07/26 GBX 183.90 +1.32% 1,510,812
29/07/26 GBX 181.50 +0.55% 2,452,999
28/07/26 GBX 180.50 -0.39% 1,183,369
27/07/26 GBX 181.20 -0.33% 1,101,838
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
3
Last Close Price
1.844GBP
Average target price
2.600GBP
Spread / Average Target
+41.00%

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