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Company Profile & Ownership

Compass Group PLC provides food and support services in North America and internationally. The company offers support services, such as cleaning in hospitals; reception services at corporate headquarters; managing remote camps; grounds and facilities services at schools and universities; insurance brokerage services; and others. It serves business and industry; healthcare and senior living; education; sports and leisure; and defense, offshore, and remote sectors. The company was founded in 1941 and is based in Chertsey, the United Kingdom.

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Compass Group PLC

Common Stock · Consumer Discretionary · Restaurants

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Company

Company / asset: Compass Group PLC
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Restaurants
HQ: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Head office: Compass House, Chertsey, United Kingdom, KT16 9BQ

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Dominic William Blakemore
CEO year born: 1969
Full-time employees: 590K
Fiscal year end: September

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-16

Market Cap: USD 50.9B
P/E: 14.5x
Revenue (Q1 26): USD 25.0B
Profit (Q1 26): USD 1.1B
Dividend Yield: --
Revenue (FY 25): USD 47.5B
Shares in public float: 1.7B
Insider ownership: 0.12%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: CPG.LSE
Listing: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Dividend Tax: 0%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: GB00BD6K4575
Asset ID: equity_a18945ae-e7c6-55d7-bfc3-74438183e6a1

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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

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Recent financial results show strong performance, with revenues growing to ninety-seven billion dollars and operating profits rising by twelve percent. The company is highly efficient at turning its accounting profits into actual cash, boasting an exceptional free cash flow yield of over ten percent. Most reports agree that the future outlook is highly predictable, as the company's ability to pass rising costs onto clients protects its earnings from inflation. However, there is some disagreement about whether future earnings have reached a temporary cyclical peak. Some worry that a sudden drop in office workers or delayed contract updates could cause a short-term dip in profits, while others believe that steady growth in healthcare and defense contracts will keep earnings compounding smoothly over the long term.

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Profitability & Margins

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Operating margins have recently expanded to around seven point four percent, proving that the company can successfully defend its profitability despite severe global food and energy price shocks. There is strong consensus that the company's cost-plus contracts and massive purchasing power act as an effective shield against inflation. However, a clear disagreement exists regarding the future margin path. Optimistic outlooks suggest that margins will continue to climb toward eight percent as the company integrates new acquisitions and deploys automated kitchen technology to reduce labor costs. In contrast, cautious views warn that margins are currently at a cyclical peak and must eventually decline due to persistent wage increases, contract renegotiation delays, and a structural drop in high-margin corporate office dining volumes.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-09-30	25,486,500,000	1,099,800,000	1,289,600,000	25.27	7.19	5.06	4.32
2017-09-30	30,241,120,000	1,230,120,000	1,555,740,000	24.54	6.8	5.14	4.07
2018-09-30	29,853,200,000	1,380,600,000	1,462,500,000	23.38	7.36	4.9	4.62
2019-09-30	30,599,940,000	1,740,450,000	1,396,050,000	24.09	6.54	4.56	5.69
2020-09-30	25,722,600,000	526,320,000	171,570,000	18.85	1.47	0.67	2.05
2021-09-30	23,996,720,000	1,263,620,000	478,380,000	5.37	4.11	1.99	5.27
2022-09-30	28,573,440,000	1,273,440,000	1,246,560,000	5.8	5.88	4.36	4.46
2023-09-30	37,854,160,000	1,825,120,000	1,603,080,000	72.19	6.38	4.23	4.82
2024-09-30	55,052,861,440	2,234,000,000	1,404,000,000	33.16	5.06	2.55	4.06
2025-09-30	47,478,514,482	2,989,693,301	1,925,111,027	6.64	6.66	4.05	6.3

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-09-30	16.04	Trailing four quarters
2022-09-30	33.47	Annual net income
2021-09-30	74.96	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	1,675,307,700
2018-01-01	1,586,000,000
2019-01-01	1,587,000,000
2020-01-01	1,784,000,000
2021-01-01	1,784,000,000
2022-01-01	1,753,000,000
2023-01-01	1,737,516,400
2024-01-01	1,703,838,300
2025-01-01	1,699,000,000
2026-01-01	1,699,000,000

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