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Costain

LSE:COST GB00B64NSP76
100
  • Value
    76
  • Growth
    69
  • Safety
    Safety
    82
  • Combined
    98
  • Sentiment
    87
  • 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: With an Obermatt 360° View of 100 (better than 100% compared with alternatives) for 2026, 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 76, 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 76% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 69, 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 82. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 87. ...read more

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Weakest Rank 360° View
Country United Kingdom
Industry Construction & Engineering
Size Medium
Website costain.com
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Sound Pay Europe
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
76 55 89 100
Growth
69 15 19 63
Safety
Safety
82 100 96 77
Sentiment
87 59 63 11
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360° View
100 69 80 77
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
81 93 87 66
Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 32 57 20
Market Pulse
48 64 47 9
Sentiment
87 59 63 11
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
76 55 89 100
Growth
69 15 19 63
Safety Safety
82 100 96 77
Combined
98 60 88 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
76 75 91 91
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
60 77 97 97
Price vs. Book (P/B)
66 69 90 96
Dividend Yield
61 8 20 100
Value
76 55 89 100
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
92 8 1 7
Profit Growth
24 42 5 100
Capital Growth
44 10 40 97
Stock Returns
85 85 95 7
Growth
69 15 19 63
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
95 97 92 76
Refinancing
30 81 78 93
Liquidity
73 59 54 1
Safety Safety
82 100 96 77

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This is an all-around strong stock. It shows good value, high growth, safe financing, and positive professional sentiment. It is ideal for most buy-and-hold investors who value a good all-around stock.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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