profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Costain Group
£2.56-1.54% today
+66.6% in 1 year
1-year low £1.471-year high £2.64
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £17.87 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Costain Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £1.42 billion in 2022 to £1.05 billion in 2025, with £37.3 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Costain Group handed back 40% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £12M£7M
Free cash flow 2025£49M
Bought back its own shares£12M
Paid as dividends£7M
Cash vs. debt£189M vs. £25M
Costain Group vs. similar companies
Costain Group grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costain Group | 17.9× · Fair price | ||
 Quanta Services | 88.2× · Very expensive | ||
 Larsen & Toubro | 35.4× · Expensive | ||
 Ferrovial | 45.3× · Expensive | ||
 Comfort Systems USA | 38.1× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Costain Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,421 | 1,332 | 1,251 | 1,046 | |
| 93 | 105 | 103 | 114 | |
| 35 | 27 | 31 | 45 | |
| 49 | 51 | 53 | 65 | |
| 26 | 22 | 31 | 37 | |
| 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 | |
| 6.5% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 10.9% | |
| 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 4.3% | |
| 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 488 | 542 | 547 | 562 |
| Cash | 124 | 164 | 159 | 189 |
| Total debt | 30 | 24 | 26 | 25 |
| Total liabilities | 276 | 323 | 312 | 304 |
| 211 | 219 | 236 | 258 | |
| 277 | 282 | 275 | 273 | |
| 11.4% | 10.7% | 11.6% | 13.9% | |
| 12.3% | 10.1% | 13.0% | 14.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 70 | 43 | 51 | |
| 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| 14 | 70 | 34 | 49 | |
| Dividends paid | – | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Valuation
- 17.9×
- –
- 1.34
- 2.0×
- 0.6×
- 13.7×
- 7.7×
- 7.3%
- 5.6%
- 1.1%
Profitability
- 10.9%
- 4.3%
- 3.6%
- –
- 13.9%
- 11.9%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- −9.7%
- +13.4%
- –
- –
- −0.5%
Financial health
- -2.5×
- 0.10
- –
- 12.5×
- 1.44
- –
- –
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 18%of 979
Bottom 21%of 984
Top 36%of 866
Bottom 3%of 983
Top 22%of 987
1.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$11a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
19.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 15.1%
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
61Pass
Benjamin Graham
65Pass
Philip Fisher
50No pass
Peter Lynch
50No pass
Joel Greenblatt
48No pass
Charlie Munger
46No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about Costain Group
Is Costain Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Costain Group AI analysis
What does Costain Group do?
Costain Group PLC provides infrastructure solutions for the transportation, energy, water, and defense sectors in the United Kingdom. The company operates in two segments, Transportation and Natural Resources. It is in Engineering & Construction, based in London, United Kingdom, with 3,266 employees.
Does Costain Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.1% a year, about 20% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £7.30 million in dividends.
Is Costain Group stock halal?
Yes. Costain Group passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 4% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Costain Group stock done over the past year?
Up 66.6% over the past twelve months, to £2.56. It traded between £1.47 and £2.64 and is 3.0% below its high.
Who are Costain Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Quanta Services, Larsen & Toubro, Ferrovial and Comfort Systems USA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Costain Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.