FirstGroup (LON:FGP) Earns “Outperform” Rating from Royal Bank Of Canada

FirstGroup (LON:FGPGet Free Report)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reissued by stock analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada in a report issued on Monday,Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 255 target price on the transport operator’s stock. Royal Bank Of Canada’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 39.82% from the company’s previous close.

FirstGroup Stock Performance

LON FGP opened at GBX 182.38 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 163.00, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 172.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 179. The company has a market cap of £990.56 million, a PE ratio of 8.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 0.71. FirstGroup has a 1-year low of GBX 152.10 and a 1-year high of GBX 240.40.

FirstGroup (LON:FGPGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The transport operator reported GBX 20.30 EPS for the quarter. FirstGroup had a return on equity of 17.75% and a net margin of 2.49%.The firm had revenue of GBX 475.19 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that FirstGroup will post 17.3782772 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About FirstGroup

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FirstGroup plc provides public transport services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through First Bus and First Rail segments. The First Bus segment offers local bus services with a fleet of approximately 4,900 buses in the United Kingdom. The First Rail segment operates a passenger rail network that provides long-distance, commuter, regional, and sleeper services through a portfolio of Great Western Railway, South Western Railway, TransPennine Express, and Avanti West Coast franchises; and hull trains and Lumos.

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