Stagecoach Share Price (SGC)

SGC - Stagecoach Investor Summary

This company is currently the market leader in 'green' travel and has operations throughout the UK, North America and Canada. It has spent the last few years using innovative technologies and smart investments to steer the growth of the company and is now dedicated to improving the environmental impact that public transport has. Since 2007 Stagecoach Group PLC has developed the first bio-buses that run exclusively on bio-diesel, the first carbon neutral bus network and a number of state-of-the-art energy efficient facilities and waste recycling sites. Not bad from a company that only started 28 years ago with just two buses.

Currently the Stagecoach Group operate successful bus, rail and tram services in the UK and a leading long distance coach service in North America and Canada. Their buses run in over 100 towns and cities throughout the UK and are estimated to own a 14% share of the UK bus market. Their rail operations include South Western Trains and East Midland Trains whilst their tram services include the Sheffield Supertram and the Manchester Metrolink. In total, the company now have around 25% of the UK rail market and because of a partnership with Virgin trains and the West Coast line this is set to grow further. The Stagecoach Group believe that complimentary acquisitions help to safeguard their share price and maximise their shareholders' profits so the company regularly buy what they see to be potential growth opportunities within the UK and occasionally throughout the world.