Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Buy” by Analysts

Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the eight analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,932.50.

Several research firms recently weighed in on CPG. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Compass Group to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from GBX 2,700 to GBX 2,775 in a research report on Monday, December 1st. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,985 price objective on shares of Compass Group in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on shares of Compass Group from GBX 3,000 to GBX 3,100 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 3,100 target price on shares of Compass Group in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Shore Capital Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 2,600 price target on shares of Compass Group in a research note on Thursday, February 5th.

Compass Group Stock Up 0.6%

CPG stock opened at GBX 2,092 on Tuesday. Compass Group has a fifty-two week low of GBX 2,000 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 2,748. The business’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,189.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 2,355.55. 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 company has a market capitalization of £35.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.22.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

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.