ScoreWhy is Costain Group Plc ?
1
Poor Management Efficiency with a low ROE of 8.78%
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 8.78% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 2.63
- Company's ability to service its debt is weak with a poor EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 2.63
- The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 8.78% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 1.34% and Operating profit at 20.99% over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in Jun 26
- DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 4.98 times
5
With ROE of 15.43%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.14 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 96.84%, its profits have risen by 13.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1
6
Consistent Returns over the last 3 years
- Along with generating 96.84% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed FTSE 100 in each of the last 3 annual periods
Real-Time Research ReportHow much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Costain Group Plc should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Construction should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Construction)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Costain Group Plc for you?
High Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Costain Group Plc
-100.0%
5.97
34.58%
FTSE 100
16.06%
1.36
11.82%
Quality
Management Risk
Growth
Capital StructureQuality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
1.34%
EBIT Growth (5y)
20.99%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.76
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.78
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
5.09
Tax Ratio
22.58%
Dividend Payout Ratio
30.24%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
44.41%
ROE (avg)
8.78%
ValuationValuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
14
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.14
EV to EBIT
7.20
EV to EBITDA
5.68
EV to Capital Employed
6.74
EV to Sales
0.33
PEG Ratio
0.97
Dividend Yield
2.03%
ROCE (Latest)
93.58%
ROE (Latest)
15.43%
TechnicalsTechnical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned 
Financial Trend5What is working for the Company
ROCE(HY)
Highest at 15.16%
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 34.72%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -47.32% (YoY
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at GBP 4.98
-1What is not working for the Company
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 4.98 times
Here's what is working for Costain Group Plc
Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 4.98
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (GBP)
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 34.72%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -47.32% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales
Depreciation
Highest at GBP 7.5 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation
Depreciation (GBP MM)
Here's what is not working for Costain Group Plc
Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.98 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed
Debtors Turnover Ratio
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