Costain Group PLC (Costain Group) provides smart infrastructure solutions for the transportation, energy, water, and defense markets.
Business Segments
The company primarily operates in two significant business segments: Transportation and Natural…
Analysis
Middle-of-the-road
Costain Group PLC sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.
On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 13.2×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 1% a year, against analyst forecasts of 8%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.
Growth is solid; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 14/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator.
No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.
360° rank · history
1007550250
Jan 202377
100
2023202420252026
All-time high
100
Jun 2026
All-time low
69
Jan 2025
Average rank
88
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
75
75
91
91
Price/Earnings
60
77
97
97
Price/Book
66
69
90
96
Dividend Yield
65
24
10
22
Value (overall)
76
52
65
87
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.