FirstGroup Plc (FGP) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

September 2021 | 44 pages | ID: FD02A30C15DEN
GlobalData

Abstracts

FirstGroup Plc (FGP) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

• Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
• Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
• SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
• Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
• Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
• Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
• Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
• Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
• Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
• Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
• Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
• Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

FirstGroup Plc (FirstGroup) is a transport operator. It provides home-to-school transportation; scheduled intercity coach transportation; intercity rail network; commuter rail network; and tramlink operations. The company also offers public transportation management, autonomous vehicle maintenance and ancillary support services. FirstGroup serves national government, state and local authorities, school boards and universities. The company operates railway network through the franchises such as Avanti West Coast, South Western Railway, Great Western Railway, TransPennine Express, Hull Trains and UK-wide. It owns a fleet of diesel and electric rolling stock vehicles. The company has operations in the US, the UK and Canada. FirstGroup is headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, the UK.

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• The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.

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• The company’s core strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed and presented in the profile objectively. Recent developments in the company covered in the profile help you track important events.

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• Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

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• Key elements such as SWOT analysis, corporate strategy and financial ratios and charts are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.

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Contents

SECTION 1 - ABOUT THE COMPANY

FirstGroup Plc - Key Facts
FirstGroup Plc - Key Employees
FirstGroup Plc - Key Employee Biographies
FirstGroup Plc - Major Products and Services
FirstGroup Plc - History
FirstGroup Plc - Company Statement
FirstGroup Plc - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries

SECTION 2 – COMPANY ANALYSIS

Company Overview
FirstGroup Plc - Business Description
Business Segment: First Bus
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: First Rail
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: First Student
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: First Transit
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Greyhound
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Geographical Segment: Canada
Performance
Geographical Segment: United Kingdom
Performance
Geographical Segment: United States of America
Performance
FirstGroup Plc - Corporate Strategy
FirstGroup Plc - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
FirstGroup Plc - Strengths
FirstGroup Plc - Weaknesses
FirstGroup Plc - Opportunities
FirstGroup Plc - Threats
FirstGroup Plc - Key Competitors

SECTION 3 – COMPANY FINANCIAL RATIOS

Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts

SECTION 4 – APPENDIX

Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About GlobalData
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

FirstGroup Plc, Key Facts
FirstGroup Plc, Key Employees
FirstGroup Plc, Key Employee Biographies
FirstGroup Plc, Major Products and Services
FirstGroup Plc, History
FirstGroup Plc, Other Locations
FirstGroup Plc, Subsidiaries
FirstGroup Plc, Key Competitors
FirstGroup Plc, Ratios based on current share price
FirstGroup Plc, Annual Ratios
FirstGroup Plc, Annual Ratios (Cont...1)
FirstGroup Plc, Annual Ratios (Cont...2)
FirstGroup Plc, Interim Ratios
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

FirstGroup Plc, Performance Chart (2017 - 2021)
FirstGroup Plc, Ratio Charts