London, June 25, 2026, 13:06 (BST)
- Compass was up 0.5% at $32.60. The FTSE 100 moved higher as well, adding 0.5%.
- The public price feed listed the current dollar quote and put the $2,748 52-week high right next to it.
- Analysts set price targets from $31.92 up to $55.57. Consensus is for profit to grow at a slower pace in fiscal 2027.
Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) gained 0.46% to $32.60 as of 1254 BST on Thursday. Market data showed a 52-week high at $2,748, which was more than 84 times the latest price, though the numbers were not comparable dollar values.
FTSE 100 gains 0.46% to 10,509.54. Compass shares had no new company news, with the last filing on the RNS list a June 1 voting-rights notice.
Compass switched its London trading currency to U.S. dollars from pence on April 1. The London Stock Exchange applied a fixed March 31 exchange rate to historic data. Some other venues used day-by-day historic rates. The $2,748 high shown still looks like a pence figure next to a dollar price.
A system that takes both values as dollars spits out a 98.8% drawdown. That skews one-year momentum ranks and messes with automated risk signals. For longer lookbacks, use a price series in one currency, or start from after April 1.
LSEG data in dollars put the valuation range in clearer terms. The median target from sixteen analysts was $40.86, with forecasts running from $31.92 up to $55.57. That median price target points to about 25% upside from where shares closed on Thursday. Bears have a low estimate just 2% under Thursday’s price. The difference between high and low targets covers about 73% of the current share price.
Company-compiled consensus released June 19 points to fiscal 2026 revenue at $50.7 billion, with underlying operating profit projected at $3.743 billion—an 11.2% gain in constant currency. For fiscal 2027, profit growth is seen slowing to 8.7%, assuming no new acquisitions.
Compass reported $25.0 billion in first-half revenue and underlying operating profit of $1.839 billion, for a 7.4% margin. New business wins were up 14% to $4.1 billion. CEO Dominic Blakemore said, “We have great momentum across the business,” as Compass lifted its full-year profit-growth outlook to above 11%.
Office demand is still a risk. Around 20% of Compass revenue is tied to technology, professional-services and financial clients, all exposed to shifts in staffing and office use. In February, Blakemore said the company saw “more opportunity than risk for us in that space.” Reuters
Compass plans to release its sterling conversion rate for the 25.5-cent interim dividend on July 14. The company’s third-quarter trading update is coming July 21, and the dividend will be paid July 30.
