Costain Group PLC

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258.97+3.46 (+1.36%)today
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Key statistics

Previous close255.50
Open258.50
Day range256.00261.92
52-week range140.20267.50
Off day high−1.13%
Off 52-week high−3.19%
Volume212.96K
Avg. volume (3M)1.64M
Market cap675.72M
EPS (TTM)0.1400
Forward P/E14.83
P/E ratio (TTM)18.50
Dividend yield2.04% (0.0500)
Beta (5Y)0.86
Shares outstanding260.93M
Short interest—
Earnings dateAug 20, 2025
Analyst target257.00
Profit margin3.57%

Against its peers

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COST.L 1CV0.F KIE.L CDNL WBD.MI 1500.HK
Market cap 675.72M 504.53M 1.34B 320.03M 2.16B 489.70M
P/E (TTM) 18.5 16.5 24.2 15.6 8.7 7.4
Forward P/E 14.8 9.0 11.8 3.8 6.1 —
Price/book 2.6 1.4 2.7 1.2 1.2 1.6
Dividend yield 2.04% 3.67% 2.52% — 3.73% 9.43%
1-year change +71.48% +33.56% +47.62% −36.47% −33.11% +570.89%
Today +1.36% −0.50% +1.48% −4.96% +0.46% +11.32%

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The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Costain's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Kier Group plcKIE.L · Correlation 0.60 1.34B 314.60 +1.48%
Balfour Beatty plcBBY.L · Correlation 0.51 4.08B 875.00 +1.57%
Galliford Try Holdings plcGFRD.L · Correlation 0.50 685.98M 698.00 +0.87%
Rolls-Royce Holdings plcRR.L · Correlation 0.45 105.14B 1,282.20 +1.54%
Morgan Sindall Group plcMGNS.L · Correlation 0.45 2.13B 4,498.00 +8.65%
Renew Holdings plcRNWH.L · Correlation 0.40 851.29M 1,075.36 +0.69%
Barclays PLCBCS · Correlation 0.40Odds 78.73B 23.70 +5.80%
Lloyds Banking Group plcLYG · Correlation 0.36 75.26B 5.27 +5.82%

What visitors to Costain's page also look at.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
KIER GROUP PLC ORD 1PKIE.L 1.34B 314.60 +1.48%
BALFOUR BEATTY PLC ORD 50PBBY.L 4.08B 875.00 +1.57%
GALLIFORD TRY HOLDINGS PLC ORDGFRD.L 685.98M 698.00 +0.87%
MORGAN SINDALL GROUP PLC ORD 5PMGNS.L 2.13B 4,498.00 +8.65%
KELLER GROUP PLC ORD 10PKLR.L 2.12B 3,180.00 +0.25%

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Latest news

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Construction Enquirer·Positive

WSP and Costain line up for West London Orbital route design

Transport for London has brought in WSP, Costain and architect Fereday Pollard to help plot a new London Overground route across west London. The team will support the next development stage of the proposed 18.5km West London Orbital,…

TipRanks Financial·Positive

Costain advances share buyback, cancels 8.9m shares

Costain ( (GB:COST) ) just unveiled an announcement. Costain Group PLC has continued to execute its previously announced share buyback programme, repurchasing ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange between 7 and 13 October 2026 at…

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People in the coverage

Anthony3James Quinlan3Andy Burnham2Cynthia Cammett Cann2Dan Loeb February2Danessa Lincoln2

Themes

Politics2SEC Filings2Technicals213F122160K101Brt1Buy-Back1Buyback1

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