Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Buy” from Brokerages

Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) has been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the eight brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,932.50.

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Compass Group to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from GBX 2,700 to GBX 2,775 in a research note on Monday, December 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 3,100 target price on shares of Compass Group in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,985 price objective on shares of Compass Group in a research report on Friday, January 23rd. Citigroup upgraded shares of Compass Group to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from GBX 2,750 to GBX 3,000 in a research report on Thursday, November 27th. Finally, Shore Capital Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 2,600 price target on shares of Compass Group in a research note on Thursday, February 5th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider Petros Parras purchased 14,800 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 9th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,384 per share, for a total transaction of £352,832. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Compass Group Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of CPG stock opened at GBX 2,307.50 on Friday. Compass Group has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,000 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,748. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 91.36, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 0.73. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 2,238.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 2,402.79. The company has a market cap of £39.23 billion, a PE ratio of 21.00, a P/E/G ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.21.

Compass Group Company Profile

Compass Group is a global leader in food services, operating in over 25 countries, with over 590,000 employees worldwide and generating underlying revenues of over $46 billion for the 2025 fiscal year. The company’s primary listing is the London Stock Exchange and also trades on OTCQX® Best Market.
Our core offer is the provision of outsourced food services and targeted support services across the world. Compass operates across five sectors: Business & Industry, Healthcare & Senior Living, Education, Sports & Leisure, and Defence, Offshore & Remote, using a portfolio of bespoke B2B brands.