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U.K. (FTSE) Consumer Discretionary Sector Analysis

UpdatedMay 10, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies133
  • 7D3.4%
  • 3M1.1%
  • 1Y-2.5%
  • YTD1.3%

The Consumer Discretionary industry is up 3.8% in the last week, with Flutter Entertainment up 5.1%. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 22% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Consumer Discretionary Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 10 May 2024UK£193.8bUK£200.6bUK£5.2b16.6x37.3x1x
Sun, 07 Apr 2024UK£189.0bUK£205.0bUK£5.1b15.1x37.4x0.9x
Tue, 05 Mar 2024UK£191.2bUK£203.4bUK£6.2b15.1x30.7x0.9x
Thu, 01 Feb 2024UK£198.7bUK£223.5bUK£6.6b14.4x30.3x0.9x
Sat, 30 Dec 2023UK£200.3bUK£224.0bUK£6.6b14.1x30.2x0.9x
Mon, 27 Nov 2023UK£188.6bUK£223.6bUK£6.2b12.2x30.3x0.8x
Wed, 25 Oct 2023UK£180.8bUK£223.7bUK£6.0b11.9x30.2x0.8x
Fri, 22 Sep 2023UK£195.3bUK£223.0bUK£5.8b12.8x33.5x0.9x
Sun, 20 Aug 2023UK£191.3bUK£222.2bUK£6.0b12.2x31.7x0.9x
Tue, 18 Jul 2023UK£198.1bUK£214.1bUK£6.3b12.7x31.6x0.9x
Thu, 15 Jun 2023UK£200.5bUK£214.2bUK£6.2b13.5x32.2x0.9x
Sat, 13 May 2023UK£207.6bUK£212.3bUK£6.5b13.4x31.8x1x
Mon, 10 Apr 2023UK£195.0bUK£208.1bUK£7.1b12x27.6x0.9x
Wed, 08 Mar 2023UK£201.0bUK£209.8bUK£8.3b12.8x24.3x1x
Fri, 03 Feb 2023UK£203.1bUK£206.7bUK£8.2b12.8x24.8x1x
Sun, 01 Jan 2023UK£171.3bUK£202.9bUK£8.1b10.8x21.2x0.8x
Tue, 29 Nov 2022UK£174.2bUK£201.5bUK£8.5b10.1x20.6x0.9x
Thu, 27 Oct 2022UK£163.1bUK£195.2bUK£7.8b8.1x20.8x0.8x
Sat, 24 Sep 2022UK£158.0bUK£194.0bUK£8.0b9x19.7x0.8x
Mon, 22 Aug 2022UK£177.3bUK£190.5bUK£8.7b11.6x20.3x0.9x
Wed, 20 Jul 2022UK£166.5bUK£184.3bUK£8.2b11.4x20.2x0.9x
Fri, 17 Jun 2022UK£164.2bUK£186.5bUK£8.5b12.5x19.3x0.9x
Sun, 15 May 2022UK£178.4bUK£183.4bUK£8.0b13.2x22.3x1x
Tue, 12 Apr 2022UK£182.7bUK£177.0bUK£6.9b14x26.6x1x
Thu, 10 Mar 2022UK£186.6bUK£185.9bUK£6.6b14.4x28.3x1x
Sat, 05 Feb 2022UK£214.4bUK£185.7bUK£6.5b16.1x33x1.2x
Mon, 03 Jan 2022UK£240.2bUK£186.0bUK£6.4b18.6x37.7x1.3x
Wed, 01 Dec 2021UK£196.9bUK£177.9bUK£6.3b16.3x31.4x1.1x
Fri, 29 Oct 2021UK£216.2bUK£173.6bUK£4.8b19x45.2x1.2x
Sun, 26 Sep 2021UK£219.4bUK£167.4bUK£3.3b22.2x66.3x1.3x
Tue, 24 Aug 2021UK£223.1bUK£162.4bUK£1.9b24.1x116.6x1.4x
Wed, 30 Jun 2021UK£215.9bUK£161.5bUK£1.7b23.9x124x1.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

224.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£221.5bTotal Earnings: UK£985.0mTotal Revenue: UK£158.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Consumer Discretionary Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 42.5x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Consumer Discretionary industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 37.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 42.5x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Discretionary industry have grown 74% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.2% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Consumer Discretionary sector?

GB Market2.26%
Consumer Discretionary3.41%
Consumer Durables6.03%
Leisure4.72%
Specialty Stores3.27%
Hospitality3.07%
General Merchandise and Department Stores2.79%
Consumer Services2.32%
Retail Distributors2.25%
Auto2.12%
Luxury1.42%
Online Retail and Ecommerce0%
Auto Components-2.34%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Hospitality industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 56.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 32.2%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 8.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Auto industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 83% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Luxury industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 2.2% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
FLTR Flutter EntertainmentUK£160.455.1%
+UK£1.4b
0.4%PS3x
CPG Compass GroupUK£22.822.7%
+UK£1.0b
7.9%PE29.6x
BKG Berkeley Group HoldingsUK£51.657.6%
+UK£384.2m
19.3%PE12x
TW. Taylor WimpeyUK£1.437.1%
+UK£336.2m
15.9%PE14.5x
JD. JD Sports FashionUK£1.205.6%
+UK£329.1m
-28.7%PE31.5x
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