Stock Research: Costain

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Costain

LSE:COST GB00B64NSP76
100
  • Value
    100
  • Growth
    97
  • Safety
    Safety
    65
  • Combined
    100
  • Sentiment
    93
  • 360° View
    360° View
    100
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Company Description

Costain Group PLC is a UK-based sustainable infrastructure solution company operating in natural resources and transportation, providing consultancy, digital tech, and complex program delivery. It focuses on UK markets: transport, water, energy, and defense. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $551 million, profits of $129 million, revenue of $1565 million, and 3182 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 100 (better than 100% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Costain are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all four indicators above average for Costain. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 65, which means that the share price of Costain is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 65% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 97, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 100. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 93. ...read more

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Dividends Europe
Diversity Europe
Sound Pay Europe
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Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
65 55 89 100
Growth
97 15 19 63
Safety
Safety
100 100 96 77
Sentiment
93 59 63 11
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360° View
100 69 80 77
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
97 93 87 66
Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 32 57 20
Market Pulse
82 64 47 9
Sentiment
93 59 63 11
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
65 55 89 100
Growth
97 15 19 63
Safety Safety
100 100 96 77
Combined
100 60 88 100
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
86 77 97 97
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
77 75 91 91
Price vs. Book (P/B)
73 69 90 96
Dividend Yield
12 8 20 100
Value
65 55 89 100
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
96 8 1 7
Profit Growth
35 42 5 100
Capital Growth
85 10 40 97
Stock Returns
65 85 95 7
Growth
97 15 19 63
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
96 97 92 76
Refinancing
83 81 78 93
Liquidity
79 59 54 1
Safety Safety
100 100 96 77

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