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Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROCE of 3.69%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 3.69% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)
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High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
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Flat results in Sep 25
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With ROE of 22.24%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.60 Price to Book Value
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Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
Total Returns (Price + Dividend) 
TimePeriod
Price Return
Dividend Return
Total Return
3 Months
-11.52%
0%
-11.52%
6 Months
-21.1%
0%
-21.1%
1 Year
-6.08%
0%
-6.08%
2 Years
-3.25%
0%
-3.25%
3 Years
62.33%
0%
62.33%
4 Years
59.74%
0%
59.74%
5 Years
82.97%
0%
82.97%
FirstGroup Plc for the last several years.
Risk Adjusted Returns v/s 
News
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Announcements 
No announcement available
Corporate Actions 
No corporate action available
Quality key factors 
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-7.28%
EBIT Growth (5y)
3.30%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0.58
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.01
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.83
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
3.00
Tax Ratio
18.98%
Dividend Payout Ratio
30.47%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.03%
ROCE (avg)
3.69%
ROE (avg)
6.35%
Valuation key factors
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
7
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.60
EV to EBIT
9.87
EV to EBITDA
1.79
EV to Capital Employed
1.38
EV to Sales
0.27
PEG Ratio
0.03
Dividend Yield
479.48%
ROCE (Latest)
13.96%
ROE (Latest)
22.24%
Technicals key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Shareholding Snapshot : Mar 2018
Shareholding Compare (%holding) 
Majority shareholders
Foreign Institutions
Domestic Funds
Held in 0 Schemes (0%)
Foreign Institutions
Held by 1 Foreign Institutions (0.03%)
Strategic Entities with highest holding
Highest Public shareholder
Annual Results Snapshot (Consolidated) - Mar'25
Mar'25
Mar'24
Change(%)
Net Sales
5,066.30
4,715.10
7.45%
Operating Profit (PBDIT) excl Other Income
739.60
703.10
5.19%
Interest
65.40
82.00
-20.24%
Exceptional Items
40.70
-115.20
135.33%
Consolidate Net Profit
133.60
-3.70
3,710.81%
Operating Profit Margin (Excl OI)
23.00%
23.40%
-0.04%
USD in Million.
Net Sales
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 7.45% vs -0.84% in Mar 2024
Consolidated Net Profit
YoY Growth in year ended Mar 2025 is 3,710.81% vs -104.27% in Mar 2024
About FirstGroup Plc 
FirstGroup Plc
Transport Services
FirstGroup plc is a transport operator in the United Kingdom and North America. The Company operates through five segments: First Student, First Transit, Greyhound, First Bus and First Rail. The First Student is a provider of student transportation in North America and operates a fleet of over 43,000 yellow school buses. The First Transit is a private-sector provider of public transit management and contracting in North America, and operates and manages over 14,200 vehicles. Greyhound is an operator of scheduled intercity coach services in the United States and Canada, and serves over 2,300 destinations through a fleet of over 1,400 vehicles. First Bus is a bus operator in the United Kingdom. First Rail is a rail operator. First Rail operates Great Western Railway (GWR) and TransPennine Express (TPE) franchises and open access service First Hull Trains.
Company Coordinates 
Company Details
395 King Street , ABERDEEN None : AB24 5RP
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