Stock profile

FirstGroup PLC

FGP.LSE LSE GBX ISIN GB0003452173

Market tone: Positive sentiment score 1.00 from 1 mentions, latest 12 May 2026.

Open 167.40p Prev close 169.80p Volume 267,526
Frequency Semi-annual 2.0 events/year
Trend Growing 2022-2025 payout trend
Volatility 38.68% annual payout CV
Growth 51.83% annualised payout

Recent Dividends

Trade analysis
Dividend1.7pInterim Event yield1.10% - 1.18%declared to ex-div Ex-div drop0.13%price move Decl14 Nov Ex-div28 Nov Pay31 Dec
Dividend4.8pFinal Event yield2.06% - 2.21%declared to ex-div Ex-div drop-3.25%price move Decl10 Jun Ex-div03 Jul Pay08 Aug
Dividend2.2pInterim Event yield1.21% - 1.25%declared to ex-div Ex-div drop-0.96%price move Decl18 Nov Ex-div27 Nov Pay30 Dec
Price History 19 Nov 2024 to 08 Jun 2026
History dividend: 28 Nov 2024 | Declared: 14 Nov 2024 | Dividend: 1.7p | Yield before ex: 1.12% | Ex-drop: 0.13% | Window yield range: 1.10% to 1.18% History dividend: 03 Jul 2025 | Declared: 10 Jun 2025 | Dividend: 4.8p | Yield before ex: 2.11% | Ex-drop: -3.25% | Window yield range: 2.06% to 2.21% History dividend: 27 Nov 2025 | Declared: 18 Nov 2025 | Dividend: 2.2p | Yield before ex: 1.24% | Ex-drop: -0.96% | Window yield range: 1.21% to 1.25% 137.31 163.01 188.70 214.39 240.09 Jan 25 Apr 25 Jul 25 Oct 25 Jan 26 Apr 26

News

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12 May 2026 Positive 1.00 May 2026's European Undervalued Small Caps With Insider Buying In recent weeks, the European market has shown modest gains amid easing geopolitical tensions and robust corporate earnings, although potential tariff threats from the U.S. have in Earnings Earnings Growth European Markets Insider Buying 18 Jan 2024 Positive 0.99 From Headlines To Bus Stops: Hedge Fund's Real Estate Strategy Takes A New Route On the surface, bus terminals and newspapers don't seem to have much in common, but a closer look reveals that both occupy valuable real estate a large hedge fund finds attractive. 05 Jan 2024 Positive 0.97 Plan for new, quicker London-Sheffield train service unveiled A new, faster train service between London and Sheffield could be launched in the second half of next year. Transport company FirstGroup announced its plan to operate two daily re 27 Dec 2023 Negative -0.30 Bus Stations Across America Are Closing Closures of intercity bus stations are jeopardizing a network that allows millions of travelers, many on lower incomes, to travel cross-country. Continue reading 12 Dec 2023 Positive 0.44 UK’s biggest train operator faces £1bn hit under Labour renationalisation train Britain’s biggest rail operator is facing a £1bn hit to revenues under Labour’s plans to bring train networks back under public ownership, a City broker has said. Analysts 27 Nov 2023 Negative -0.59 FirstGroup says Labour poses ‘risk’ to rail business Chief warns opposition party’s plan to renationalise railways is potential threat to bus and train operator Continue reading

Historical Dividends

Total dividends and yield-at-ex-date by year
Payout trend 51.83% Growing · 2022-2025 payout CAGR
Payout volatility 38.68% High variance · std dev / average payout
Peak payout8.7p
Peak annual yield5.22%
2022
1.79%
2.0p
14 Jul 1.1p 17 Nov 0.9p
2023
2.86%
4.4p
13 Jul 2.9p 30 Nov 1.5p
2024
3.52%
5.7p
18 Jul 4.0p 28 Nov 1.7p
2025
3.53%
7.0p
03 Jul 4.8p 27 Nov 2.2p
2026 This year
5.22%
8.7p
03 Jul 6.0p 27 Nov 2.6p
2027 Projection
5.22%
8.7p
03 Jul 6.0p 27 Nov 2.6p
YearEx-dateDeclaredRecordPaymentPeriodValue
2025 27 Nov 2025 18 Nov 2025 - 30 Dec 2025 Interim 0.0220 GBP
2025 03 Jul 2025 10 Jun 2025 - 08 Aug 2025 Final 0.0480 GBP
2024 28 Nov 2024 14 Nov 2024 28 Nov 2024 31 Dec 2024 Interim 0.0170 GBP
2024 18 Jul 2024 11 Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 23 Aug 2024 Final 0.0400 GBP
2023 30 Nov 2023 23 Nov 2023 30 Nov 2023 03 Jan 2024 Interim 0.0150 GBP
2023 13 Jul 2023 08 Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 18 Aug 2023 Final 0.0290 GBP
2022 17 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2022 17 Nov 2022 23 Dec 2022 Interim 0.0090 GBP
2022 14 Jul 2022 14 Jun 2022 14 Jul 2022 19 Aug 2022 Final 0.0110 GBP

Upcoming Dividends

Declared and projected dividend cycle
Ex-dateStatusPeriodDividendEst. yield
03 Jul 2026 Predicted Final 0.0603 GBP 3.64%
27 Nov 2026 Predicted Interim 0.0263 GBP 1.59%

Recovery Speed

Recovered by trading week
1w
3 <= 5d trading days
2w
5 <= 10d trading days
3w
5 <= 15d trading days
4w
5 <= 20d trading days
5w
6 <= 25d trading days
6w
6 <= 30d trading days

Recovery Signature

Post ex-div behaviour
Median recovery5dtrading days to regain pre-ex close
Recovered100.00%events recovered inside 6w
Drop capture68.19%ex-drop as share of dividend paid
Score89speed, consistency, and drift blend
+15% +5% 0% -5% -15% Ex 1w 2w 3w 4w 5w 6w
Bold white line = average visible recovery curve 6 events selected