Ratings Costain Group PLC

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COST

GB00B64NSP76

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Summary

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

  • The earnings growth currently anticipated by analysts for the coming years is particularly strong.
  • The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
  • The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.06 times its sales.
  • The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
  • For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
  • Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
  • The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
  • Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

  • According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
  • The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
  • The company sustains low margins.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
  • The sales outlook for the group was lowered in the last twelve months. This change in forecast points out a decline in activity as well as pessimistic analyses of the company.
  • The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.

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Sector: Construction & Engineering

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
+31.31% 286M
B+
-1.32% 68.06B
C+
+16.75% 36.88B
B+
+8.52% 29.99B
B
+3.69% 26.8B
A-
+21.13% 21.66B
B-
+15.05% 19.49B
A
+20.40% 17.12B
B+
+56.93% 15.91B
B
+11.83% 14.81B
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Financials

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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Technical analysis

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