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Costain Group (LSE:COST) FCF Yield % : 24.18 (As of May. 08, 2024)


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What is Costain Group FCF Yield %?

FCF Yield % is calculated as Free Cash Flow divided by Market Capitalization. It is a financial solvency ratio that compares the free cash flow a company is expected to earn against its market value.

As of today, Costain Group's Trailing 12-Month Free Cash Flow is £56 Mil, and Market Cap is £230 Mil. Therefore, Costain Group's FCF Yield % for today is 24.18%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Costain Group's FCF Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:COST' s FCF Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -104.68   Med: 4   Max: 32.1
Current: 24.18


During the past 13 years, the highest FCF Yield % of Costain Group was 32.10%. The lowest was -104.68%. And the median was 4.00%.

LSE:COST's FCF Yield % is ranked better than
88.48% of 1676 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.42 vs LSE:COST: 24.18

Costain Group's FCF Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.68%.


Costain Group FCF Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Costain Group's FCF Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Costain Group FCF Yield % Chart

Costain Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
FCF Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -22.65 -31.39 18.59 12.56 31.69

Costain Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
FCF Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.71 -43.16 62.60 27.81 43.21

Competitive Comparison of Costain Group's FCF Yield %

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Costain Group's FCF Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and FCF Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Costain Group's FCF Yield % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Costain Group's FCF Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Costain Group's FCF Yield % falls into.



Costain Group FCF Yield % Calculation

FCF Yield % is a financial solvency ratio that compares the free cash flow a company is expected to earn against its market value.

Costain Group's FCF Yield % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

FCF Yield %=Free Cash Flow / Market Cap
=55.6 / 175.439846
=31.69%

Costain Group's annualized FCF Yield % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

FCF Yield %=Free Cash Flow * Annualized Factor / Market Cap
=37.9 * 2 / 175.439846
=43.21%

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Costain Group FCF Yield % Explanation

Similar to Earnings Yield %, FCF Yield % is financial solvency ratio. A lower ratio suggests a less attractive investment, indicating that investors might not receive substantial returns in proportion to their investment. Conversely, a high free cash flow yield signals that a company generates sufficient cash to comfortably meet its debts, obligations, and dividend payments, making it a promising investment choice.


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Costain Group (LSE:COST) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Costain House, Vanwall Business Park, Maidenhead, Berkshire, GBR, SL6 4UB
Costain Group PLC offers solutions and services. It provides engineering and technology solutions and advisory and development, design, management, project delivery, technology integration and asset optimization and support services to highways, nuclear, oil and gas, power, water sectors, rail. The company has two segments Transportation and Natural resources. Transportation segment covers highways, rail and nuclear markets and Natural resources segment comprises of water, power and oil and gas markets.