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First Group FGP

Dividend Summary

The next First Group dividend is expected to go ex in 3 months and to be paid in 4 months.
The previous First Group dividend was 1.7p and it went ex 5 months ago and it was paid 4 months ago.
There are typically 2 dividends per year (excluding specials), and the dividend cover is approximately 6.4.

Latest Dividends
Summary Previous dividend Next dividend
Status Paid Forecast
Type Interim Final
Per share 1.7p Sign Up Required
Declaration date 14 Nov 2024 (Thu) 10 Jun 2025 (Tue)
Ex-div date 28 Nov 2024 (Thu) 17 Jul 2025 (Thu)
Pay date 31 Dec 2024 (Tue) 22 Aug 2025 (Fri)

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Dividend Yield Today
3.6%
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The table below shows the full dividend history for First Group
Status Type Decl. date Ex-div date Pay date Decl. Currency Forecast amount Decl. amount Accuracy
Forecast Final 08 Jun 2027 15 Jul 2027 20 Aug 2027 GBP Sign up —
Forecast Interim 12 Nov 2026 26 Nov 2026 29 Dec 2026 GBP Sign up —
Forecast Final 09 Jun 2026 16 Jul 2026 21 Aug 2026 GBP Sign up —
Forecast Interim 13 Nov 2025 27 Nov 2025 30 Dec 2025 GBP Sign up —
Forecast Final 10 Jun 2025 17 Jul 2025 22 Aug 2025 GBP Sign up —
Paid Interim 14 Nov 2024 28 Nov 2024 31 Dec 2024 GBP 1.95p 1.7p 😏
Paid Final 11 Jun 2024 18 Jul 2024 23 Aug 2024 GBP 3.1p 4p 😒
Paid Interim 23 Nov 2023 30 Nov 2023 03 Jan 2024 GBP 1.5p 1.5p 😄
Paid Final 08 Jun 2023 13 Jul 2023 18 Aug 2023 GBP 1.8p 2.9p 😓
Paid Interim 09 Nov 2022 17 Nov 2022 23 Dec 2022 GBP 0.55p 0.9p 😓
Paid Final 14 Jun 2022 14 Jul 2022 19 Aug 2022 GBP — 1.1p
Paid Interim – 09 Jan 2013 07 Feb 2013 GBP — 7.62p
Paid Final – 11 Jul 2012 17 Aug 2012 GBP — 16.05p
Paid Interim – 04 Jan 2012 01 Feb 2012 GBP — 7.62p
Paid Final – 13 Jul 2011 19 Aug 2011 GBP — 15p
Paid Interim – 05 Jan 2011 02 Feb 2011 GBP — 7.12p
Paid Final – 14 Jul 2010 20 Aug 2010 GBP — 14p
Paid Interim – 06 Jan 2010 03 Feb 2010 GBP — 6.65p
Paid Final – 31 Dec 2009 31 Dec 2009 GBP — 18.75p
Paid Final – 31 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2008 GBP — 17.05p
Paid Final – 31 Dec 2007 31 Dec 2007 GBP — 15.5p
Paid Final – 31 Dec 2006 31 Dec 2006 GBP — 14.1p
Year Amount Change
2006 14.1p —
2007 15.5p
9.9%
2008 17.05p
10.0%
2009 18.75p
10.0%
2010 20.65p
10.1%
2011 22.12p
7.1%
2012 23.67p
7.0%
2013 7.62p
-67.8%
2014 0.0p
-100.0%
2015 0.0p
0%
2016 0.0p
0%
2017 0.0p
0%
2018 0.0p
0%
2019 0.0p
0%
2020 0.0p
0%
2021 0.0p
0%
2022 1.1p
100%
2023 3.8p
245.5%
2024 5.5p
44.7%
2025 Sign Up Required
2026 Sign Up Required
2027 Sign Up Required

First Group Optimized Dividend Chart

The chart below shows the optimized dividends for this security over a rolling 12-month period.
Dividend Yield Today
3.6%
Optimized Yield
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52 Week High
6.9% on 23 June 2024
52 Week Low
4.0% on 17 July 2024
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About First Group

FirstGroup is one of Britains largest transport companies, operating bus services, passenger and freight rail services in the UK and yellow school bus and other services in the US. The groups UK rail interests include First Great Western, TransPennine Express, Hull Trains, First Great Western Link, First North Western and GB Railfreight.

Sector
Travel & Leisure
Country
United Kingdom
Share Price
£1.73 (yesterday's closing price)
Shares in Issue
585 million
Market Cap
£1.0bn
Dividend Cover
How many times is the dividend covered by company income. A cover of 1 means all income is paid out in dividends
6.4
CADI
The Consecutive Annual Dividend Increases - the number of years this company has been increasing its dividends
3
Market Indices
FTSE 350, FTSE 250, CBOE 250, CBOE 350
Investor Relations URL
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Home Page URL
https://www.firstgroupplc.com/
Financial Calendar URL
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The FirstGroup Board has declared an interim dividend of 1.7p per share (c.£10m in aggregate), to be paid on 31 December 2024 to shareholders on the register at 29 November 2024.
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The First Group plc Board has proposed a final dividend of 4.0p per share. Subject to shareholder approval at the Company’s 2024 AGM, a final dividend payment of c.£24.3m, will be paid on 23 August 2024 to shareholders on the register at 19 July 2024. The total dividend for the year paid and proposed is 5.5p per share (FY 2023: 3.8p per share), an increase of 45%.
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The First Group Board has declared an interim dividend of 1.5p per share (c.£10m in aggregate), to be paid on 3 January 2024 to shareholders on the register at 1 December 2023.
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The First Group Board is proposing that a final dividend of 2.9p per share, resulting in a total dividend payment of c.£20m, be paid on 18 August 2023 to shareholders on the register at 14 July 2023, subject to approval of shareholders at the 2023 AGM.
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Overall trading for the Group in line with management’s expectations First Student and UK Bus transformations delivered margin improvements, and First Transit and UK Rail outperformance offset reduced Greyhound demand Secured First Great Western until at least March 2019 and an additional year operating First TransPennine Express Further strong progress in non-rail businesses expected in the year ahead led by momentum in transformations of First Student and UK Bus, largely offsetting substantially lower UK Rail earnings Improved financial performance in the year demonstrates our multi-year transformation programme is making progress Wolfhart Hauser appointed to succeed John McFarlane as Chairman. Group Finance Director Chris Surch to retire in January 2016
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Group overview: * Trading for the first half was in line with management's expectations and our multi-year transformation programme is on track * Encouraging progress with First Student turnaround and good performances in First Transit and UK Rail * Core Greyhound customers and some local UK Bus markets not yet seeing benefit of improving economic trends * Reported revenue decreased by 10.9%, in part reflecting structural changes in Rail revenues which have no material impact on operating profit, prior period revenues from UK Bus operations now sold/closed, and foreign exchange. Excluding these items, revenue increased by 3.9% * Adjusted operating profit increased by 2.4% and adjusted attributable profit more than doubled * Statutory operating profit decreased by 11.5%, with prior period benefitting from gain on UK Bus disposals * Seasonally higher mid-year net debt: EBITDA ratio of 2.5 times (2.2 times as at 31 March 2014). Five year, £800m revolving credit facility signed in the period * On course to achieve our medium term financial targets
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FIRSTGROUP PLC PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2013 * Overall trading for the Group in line with management's expectations * Proposed fully underwritten £615m capital raising transaction announced separately today to remove the constraints of the current balance sheet and enable the business to continue to invest for future returns, while reducing leverage * No final dividend proposed. New progressive dividend policy announced today. * First Student - recovery plan on track, building on progress made from a more efficient operating model and uniform practices * First Transit - strong growth underpinned by good contract wins, disposal of First Support Services consistent with our strategy to focus on core businesses * Greyhound - margin expansion despite economic headwinds, further expansion of Greyhound Express to new markets * UK Bus - completed portfolio reshaping with c.£100m of disposals, including sale of London depots announced in April. Comprehensive programme to restore performance and increase revenue and patronage delivering early positive results * UK Rail - continued strong performance, franchise extensions currently being negotiated and positioned for resumption of franchising process * Cash flow in line with expectations
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INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENTFirstGroup plc, the leading transport operator in the UK and North America, reports the following update on trading from 1 October to 31 December 2012 (the third quarter).OverviewTrading for the Group, excluding the one-off effect of Hurricane Sandy, during the third quarter was in line with our expectations. Despite the economic conditions that prevail, we continue to strengthen the business for the future by taking actions that will lead to improved performance and sustainable growth.We were pleased by continued strong support from fixed income investors in November, which led to our issue of £325m of 10-year bonds being significantly oversubscribed. The proceeds were used to pay down debt, as part of our strategy to reduce reliance on bank borrowings and extend our debt maturity profile.
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Each week I will be posting my dividend of the week. Initially I will focus on the U.K. DividendMax does cover European and U.S equities so they will pop up from time to time. In week one, I am simply going to choose the stock that sits at the top of our optimizer and that is First Group.
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