FirstGroup (LON:FGP) Receives Outperform Rating from Royal Bank Of Canada

Royal Bank Of Canada reissued their outperform rating on shares of FirstGroup (LON:FGP) in a report released on Monday,Digital Look reports. Royal Bank Of Canada currently has a GBX 255 price target on the transport operator’s stock.

FirstGroup Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of LON FGP opened at GBX 181 on Monday. FirstGroup has a one year low of GBX 152.10 and a one year high of GBX 240.40. 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 firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 172.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 178.93. The stock has a market capitalization of £983.06 million, a P/E ratio of 8.79, a PEG ratio of 5.21 and a beta of 0.71.

FirstGroup (LON:FGP) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of GBX 475.19 billion during the quarter. As a group, analysts expect that FirstGroup will post 17.3782772 EPS for the current fiscal year.

FirstGroup Company Profile

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.