Costain Group (LON:COST) Hits New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Costain Group PLC (LON:COST) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 114.50 ($1.48) and last traded at GBX 111 ($1.44), with a volume of 14619655 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 104 ($1.35).

Costain Group Trading Down 1.9 %

The stock has a market cap of £278.56 million, a PE ratio of 9.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 2.64. The company’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 101.62 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 103.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.86, a quick ratio of 1.32 and a current ratio of 1.40.

Costain Group (LON:COST) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 14.60 ($0.19) EPS for the quarter. Costain Group had a return on equity of 13.56% and a net margin of 2.33%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Costain Group PLC will post 13.7551582 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Costain Group Company Profile

Costain helps to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets.