Costain Share Price (COST)

Share Name	Share Symbol	Market	Type	Share ISIN	Share Description
Costain Group	LSE:COST	London	Ordinary Share	GB00B64NSP76	ORD 50P

	Price Change	% Change	Share Price	Shares Traded	Last Trade
	+2.00p	+0.54%	375.50p	135,082	16:35:20

Bid Price		Offer Price	High Price	Low Price	Open Price
377.00p		381.00p	381.00p	361.00p	370.00p

Industry Sector	Turnover (m)	Profit (m)	EPS - Basic	PE Ratio	Market Cap (m)
Construction & Materials	1,684.00	38.90	31.10	12.1	399.6

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Date	Time	Source	Headline
17/10/2018	12:06	ALNC	Costain Takes Part In Vehicle Digital Communications Trial In Kent
17/10/2018	07:47	ALNCF	Alliance News Flash Headline
17/10/2018	07:00	RNSNON	Costain Group PLC A2/M2 connected corridor trial
16/10/2018	07:01	UKREG	Costain Group PLC 2018 Interim Dividend - Scrip Alternative
26/9/2018	15:57	UKREG	Costain Group PLC Holding(s) in Company
24/9/2018	13:00	UKREG	Costain Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding
20/9/2018	08:41	UKREG	Costain Group PLC Scrip Dividend Reference Price
23/8/2018	09:40	ALNC	Costain Secures Contract With National Rail To Develop Warning Devices
23/8/2018	07:01	RNSNON	Costain Group PLC Network Rail 'Meerkat' Technology Contract
22/8/2018	09:05	ALNC	Costain Group Ups Interim Dividend After "Good" First Half

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Date	Time	Title	Posts
19/10/2018	19:29	UNDERVALUED GOOD recovery play.. COSTAIN	5,676
24/4/2013	08:47	* Costain *	13
17/6/2010	16:03	Recession	14
25/2/2010	15:24	COSTAIN - LOOKING TO BUY AT SUB 25P	25
31/1/2010	18:11	Costain>Robbie Burns pick for 2002 !!!!! Target 24p	54

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Costain (COST) Most Recent Trades

Trade Time	Trade Price	Trade Size	Trade Value	Trade Type
2018-10-19 15:52:56	374.50	5,588	20,927.06	O
2018-10-19 15:51:51	375.50	82	307.91	O
2018-10-19 15:37:20	368.00	20,000	73,600.00	O
2018-10-19 15:35:20	375.50	10,804	40,569.02	UT
2018-10-19 15:29:54	381.00	34	129.54	AT

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19/10/2018 09:20	Costain Daily Update: Costain Group is listed in the Construction & Materials sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker COST. The last closing price for Costain was 373.50p. Costain Group has a 4 week average price of 361p and a 12 week average price of 361p. The 1 year high share price is 494p while the 1 year low share price is currently 361p. There are currently 106,406,408 shares in issue and the average daily traded volume is 333,105 shares. The market capitalisation of Costain Group is £399,556,062.04. Read Full Thread Reply
23/8/2017 19:50	barnesian: As you say, very weird. It has a stock rank of 98 with Stockopedia and a decent dividend yield. I think (hope!) that the fundamentals will come through eventually in the share price. Read Full Thread Follow Reply
15/11/2016 08:38	bidmsa: Analyst Coverage Updates – Costain Group (LON:COST) Recently stock market analysts have updated their consensus ratings on shares of Costain Group (LON:COST). The latest broker reports which are currently outstanding on Tuesday 15th of November state 3 analysts have a rating of “strong buy”, 0 analysts “buy”, 1 analysts “neutral”;, 0 analysts “sell” and 0 analysts “strong sell”. Most recent broker ratings 02/03/2016 – Costain Group had its “Buy” rating reiterated by analysts at Investec Securities. They now have a GBP 410.00p price target on the stock. 04/02/2016 – Costain Group had its “Equal-weight” rating reiterated by analysts at Barclays. They now have a GBP 4600.00p price target on the stock. Costain Group has a 50 day moving average of 358.76 and a 200 day moving average of 342.46. The stock’s market capitalization is 355.48M, it has a 52-week low of 267.00 and a 52-week high of 390.00. The share price of the company (LON:COST) was down -1.00% during the last trading session, with a high of 353.76 during the day and the volume of Costain Group shares traded was 41503. Costain Group PLC is an engineering solutions provider. The Company offers consulting, project delivery, and operations and maintenance services. The Company operates through two segments: Natural Resources and Infrastructure plus Alcaidesa in Spain. The Infrastructure segment operates in the highways, rail and nuclear markets. The Company’s Natural Resources segment includes the Company’s activities in water, power and oil and gas markets. The Company offers a range of integrated services, including advisory and concept development, specialist design, program management, project delivery, technology integration and asset optimization and support. The Company offers life-cycle services to energy, water and transportation sectors across the United Kingdom. The Company provides a range of highway services, from asset inspection and assessment; scheme development; managing the statutory process; detailed design and construction; commissioning and handover, and maintenance and aftercare. Read Full Thread Follow Reply
09/5/2014 11:08	quepassa: Same share price as December 2008. Five and half years later and still the same share price ALL IMO. DYOR. QP Read Full Thread Follow Reply
27/2/2014 17:26	valedo: I held COST shares for about 15 years and went through all sorts of setbacks and disasters including rights, share consolidation, endless profit warnings. Bad news? You name it and COST will provide it. I sold out a few years ago lucky to be on b/e. And the share price is even lower now than then. One needs only to read back through all the old threads here to find that nothing has improved over about 20 years. Apart from not having the confidence of the city, they always manage to find duff CEO and FDs. Motley Fool today - All of which will leave investors asking questions - do the strong results combined with the decline in share price mean that Costain is a falling knife waiting to be caught? Or does the performance of its shares over the last 12 months put you off? Well, it's up to you whether today's news combined is enough to make the company a buy. Read Full Thread Follow Reply
27/2/2014 14:06	royaloak: I thought this may be of interest, courtesey of part of his report from Paul Scott at Stockpedia, whom I rate very highly. Therefore the current share price of 265p is really a blend of last night's 3 shares held at 319p, less 1 new share at 225p. Averaging that out comes to a price of 295p, so the market pricing it at 264p shows that it's fairly unimpressed with this deal, I would suggest. It could well also be people in the Firm Placing flipping their cheap 225p stock for an instant profit (which can be done by opening up a short CFD today, and then settling it with the new 225p shares when issued). So really the Firm Placing part of this deal is disadvantageous to existing holders, since it's handing free money on a plate to people who took part in the Firm Placing. I wouldn't be very happy about that if I were an existing holder of the stock. Still, once the dust has settled, at least this will fix their Balance Sheet, and is a good example of why personally I always look for Balance Sheet strength - because it avoids this kind of dilutive fundraising. In this case there is at least an Open Offer for existing holders, but what if it had just been a Placing, as is often the case in smaller companies? It would have been a nasty loss for existing holders. The total number of shares will go up from 66.8m to 100.2m after this fundraising. This means that the 44.1p adjusted EPS just reported for 2013 would drop to 29.4p if I've done the maths correctly. Given that the Balance Sheet would now be a lot better post fundraising (although still not amazingly strong by any means), then I think you could value that on a PER of 10 perhaps? So a sensible valuation might be just under 300p going forwards. I can't see any reason to rush into buying the shares, although paradoxically if they weaken further from here, and start to get near the 225p fundraising level, then the risk of the Open Offer failing and the underwriters being forced to take £50m of stock rises. So it's a tricky one. Personally I don't like this sector generally - a lot of companies in this space have gone bust in the past, and generally companies with very large turnover, and thin margins, working on complicated major projects, are high risk investments. If something goes badly wrong with a big contract, the cost over-runs can be ruinous, so I'll probably avoid this sector altogether from now on. - See more at: http://www.-.com/content/small-cap-value-report-27-feb-2014-zyt-dgb-cost-81648/#sthash.tEKnsGfU.dpuf Read Full Thread Follow Reply
27/2/2014 13:13	dangersimpson2: I don't mind the rights issue at such a discount but it's definitely a disappointment that they feel they have to place at such a discount - a lot of companies in the current market are placing at zero discount and then the share price is going up in reaction. Why not just do a rights issue for the whole lot at that price? Read Full Thread Follow Reply
27/2/2014 11:04	stevemarkus: I'm not surprised they need to raise cash. They have a net cash outflow, even considering they sold shares of a joint venture to Severn Trent for £12M. I know they bought EPC and have also said they bought their share of a Serco JV for £2.4M, but these should roughly balance each other out. The fact that there is such a huge discount to the existing share price is also concerning, as is the sum they want to raise. I don't hold but have followed Costain as I'm invested in the sector through Carillion. Not planning on buying just yet! Cheers, Steve. Read Full Thread Follow Reply
27/2/2014 10:23	jaf111: I was just looking at the same thing royaloak....and yes agree with your view.... So actually surprised share price hasn't fallen further! Read Full Thread Follow Reply
28/11/2013 08:51	optomistic: Erogenous Jones 28 Nov'13 - 08:23 - 5526 of 5526 0 0 Ws, please do not be so condescending. Charts tell part of the story. My interpretation is that the share price is rangebound in MY reading of the chart. I will never trouble this thread again. ==================================================================== EJ, don't get upset so easily..it's discussion and opinions on here. Views have to conflict on the 'odd occasion' Keep smiling opto :-)) Read Full Thread Follow Reply
30/5/2013 13:04	optomistic: ...well they keep producing the work and getting the accolades, will it someday reflect in the share price? Costain Wins London Building Excellence Award 30 May 2013 A school built by Costain to meet the demands of the 21st Century was recently named Best Education Building at the annual LABC London Building Excellence Awards 2013. Deptford Green School in Lewisham, east London, was named Best Education Building at a ceremony held at London's Guildhall. The awards celebrate the very best in construction from across the London region, with winning projects recognised for their high level of skill, professionalism and team work. Deptford Green's new school buildings brought all the students together onto a single site and were designed to be accessible for disabled people and include various sustainable technologies. It opened in September 2012 offering state of the art learning opportunities, wireless technology, biometric cashless payment and registration systems, music classrooms, a sound recording studio and radio station. The judges noted that a close working relationship between Lewisham Council's building control team meant that most of the green targets were exceeded and the new building achieved a BREEAM excellent rating. Commenting on the school, LABC Chief Executive Paul Everall, said: "This remarkable new school building shows the benefit of close working relationships between building control and contractors. As well as providing a sound learning environment the buildings are energy efficient and provide natural ventilation and light, exceeding the sustainability targets set out at the start of the project." LABC is the member organisation representing Local Authority Building Control departments in England and Wales. It membership includes over 3,000 professional surveyors and support technicians across 12 regions. Deptford Green School is one of nine constructed by Costain in Lewisham and was built as part of the Lewisham BSF Framework in partnership with Watkins Gray International Architects and Ramboll Structural Engineers. Costain received a similar award for Sedgehill School in 2010 and Trinity School in 2011. Commenting on the award, Clive Kraus, the Senior Project Manager, said: "We are delighted to have been recognised at the LABC London Region Building Excellence Awards. This award is testament to all the hard work from everyone on the team to produce a world class educational establishment." Read Full Thread Follow Reply

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