Company FirstGroup plc

Equities

FGP

GB0003452173

Passenger Transportation, Ground & Sea

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Business Summary

FirstGroup plc is a private-sector provider of public transport services in the United Kingdom. The Company operates through two divisions: First Bus and First Rail. First Bus is a regional bus operator in the United Kingdom with a fleet of approximately 5,000 buses. It operates over 4,900 buses and serves two-thirds of the United Kingdom's 15 conurbations. First Rail is a rail operator that operates a fleet of approximately 3,800 rail vehicles. First Rail operates four major United Kingdom train operating companies, including Avanti West Coast, Great Western Railway (GWR), Southwestern Railway (SWR) and TransPennine Express (TPE), and two open access passenger rail services, Hull Trains, and Lumo. The Company's subsidiaries include First Aberdeen Limited, First Beeline Buses Limited, First Cymru Buses Limited, First Eastern Counties Buses Limited, First Essex Buses Limited, First Hampshire and Dorset Limited, First Manchester Limited, and First Midland Red Buses Limited.

Number of employees: 31,477

Sales per Business

GBP in Million2022Weight2023Weight Delta
First Rail
81.9 %
3,801 82.8 % 3,893 81.9 % +2.42%
First Bus
19.0 %
790 17.2 % 903 19.0 % +14.25%
Intra-group Elimination
-0.9 %
- - -41 -0.9 % -

Sales per region

GBP in Million2022Weight2023Weight Delta
United Kingdom
100.0 %
4,591 100.0 % 4,755 100.0 % +3.57%

Managers

Managers TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 61 -
Director of Finance/CFO 53 19-05-30
Investor Relations Contact - -
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Corporate Secretary - -
Corporate Officer/Principal 60 -
Corporate Officer/Principal - -

Members of the board

Members of the board TitleAgeSince
Chairman 73 19-08-14
Director/Board Member 68 21-06-29
Chief Executive Officer 61 -
Director of Finance/CFO 53 19-05-30
Director/Board Member 66 21-06-29
Director/Board Member 60 20-01-23
Director/Board Member 55 22-01-20
Director/Board Member 55 20-09-14
Director/Board Member - 22-03-31

Share class

VoteQuantityFree-FloatCompany-owned sharesTotal Float
Stock A 1 729,042,431 608,088,736 ( 83.41 %) 88,200,000 ( 12.10 %) 83.41 %

Shareholders

NameEquities%Valuation
Schroder Investment Management Ltd.
12.06 %
77,676,686 12.06 % 155 M p
Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.
11.44 %
73,694,711 11.44 % 147 M p
West Face Capital, Inc.
9.385 %
60,455,000 9.385 % 121 M p
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd.
8.610 %
55,461,667 8.610 % 111 M p
Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.
6.409 %
41,282,716 6.409 % 83 M p
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
3.928 %
25,304,818 3.928 % 51 M p
Coast Capital Management LP
3.907 %
25,169,383 3.907 % 50 M p
Aberforth Partners LLP
3.446 %
22,195,716 3.446 % 44 M p
Artemis Investment Management LLP
3.307 %
21,303,923 3.307 % 43 M p
Compagnia Investimenti e Sviluppo SpA
3.003 %
19,347,000 3.003 % 39 M p

Company contact information

FirstGroup Plc

The Point 37 North Wharf Road

W2 1AF, Paddington

+44 12 20 7291 0505

http://www.firstgroup.com
address FirstGroup plc(FGP)

Group companies

NameCategory and Sector
Other Transportation

Sales per Business

Sales per region

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
C+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
6
Last Close Price
1.755 GBP
Average target price
1.943 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+10.73%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise