FirstGroup (LON:FGP) Shares Cross Above 200 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Posted by Alanna Baker on Sep 8th, 2026

FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP – Get Free Report)’s stock price passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 176.27 and traded as high as GBX 180. FirstGroup shares last traded at GBX 176.52, with a volume of 1,215,848 shares.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on FGP shares. Berenberg Bank raised their price objective on FirstGroup from GBX 240 to GBX 255 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a GBX 255 target price on shares of FirstGroup in a report on Monday, July 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, FirstGroup presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 251.25.

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FirstGroup Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £923.18 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.57, a PEG ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 0.70. The business’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 181.02 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 176.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 163.00, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.74.

FirstGroup (LON:FGP – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, June 18th. The transport operator reported GBX 20.30 earnings per share for the quarter. FirstGroup had a net margin of 2.49% and a return on equity of 17.75%. The company had revenue of GBX 475.19 billion for the quarter. On average, research analysts forecast that FirstGroup plc will post 17.3782772 EPS for the current year.

FirstGroup Company Profile

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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.