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U.K. (FTSE) Retail Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 30, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D1.6%
  • 3M5.0%
  • 1Y12.1%
  • YTD4.6%

The Retail Distributors industry is up 1.6% in the last week, with Inchcape up 2.1%. Meanwhile, Likewise Group actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 7.5% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 12%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 6.1% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Retail Distributors Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 30 Jan 2026UK£3.4bUK£11.1bUK£302.2m8x11.3x0.3x
Sun, 28 Dec 2025UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£297.1m8.2x11x0.3x
Tue, 25 Nov 2025UK£3.3bUK£11.0bUK£303.9m8.8x10.7x0.3x
Thu, 23 Oct 2025UK£3.1bUK£10.0bUK£276.8m9.1x11.1x0.3x
Sat, 20 Sep 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.0bUK£276.8m9x10.4x0.3x
Mon, 18 Aug 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.0bUK£287.3m9x9.9x0.3x
Wed, 16 Jul 2025UK£3.3bUK£10.4bUK£277.3m9.6x11.8x0.3x
Fri, 13 Jun 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.7m9.6x10.7x0.3x
Sun, 11 May 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.7x10.7x0.3x
Tue, 08 Apr 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.5x10.4x0.3x
Thu, 06 Mar 2025UK£3.3bUK£10.4bUK£294.2m8.9x11.1x0.3x
Sat, 01 Feb 2025UK£3.2bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m9x10.4x0.2x
Mon, 30 Dec 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m10.1x11.8x0.3x
Wed, 27 Nov 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.7bUK£300.3m10.5x11.6x0.3x
Fri, 25 Oct 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m10.1x11.6x0.3x
Sun, 22 Sep 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.8bUK£296.8m10.7x12.4x0.3x
Tue, 20 Aug 2024UK£3.9bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m12.1x12.3x0.3x
Thu, 18 Jul 2024UK£3.9bUK£12.6bUK£307.7m12.7x12.7x0.3x
Sat, 15 Jun 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.6bUK£303.2m11.3x11.5x0.3x
Mon, 13 May 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.6bUK£301.0m11x12.3x0.3x
Wed, 10 Apr 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.6bUK£301.0m10.8x11.7x0.3x
Fri, 08 Mar 2024UK£3.2bUK£12.6bUK£301.2m10.2x10.6x0.3x
Sun, 04 Feb 2024UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.3x12x0.3x
Tue, 02 Jan 2024UK£3.4bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.5x12.6x0.3x
Thu, 30 Nov 2023UK£3.1bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.2x11.4x0.3x
Sat, 28 Oct 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£266.6m9.2x11.8x0.3x
Mon, 25 Sep 2023UK£3.6bUK£11.0bUK£265.1m9.3x13.6x0.3x
Wed, 23 Aug 2023UK£3.5bUK£11.0bUK£278.7m10.8x12.4x0.3x
Fri, 21 Jul 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.3bUK£283.8m10.1x13x0.4x
Sun, 18 Jun 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.0m10.6x13.3x0.4x
Tue, 16 May 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.7x13.2x0.4x
Thu, 13 Apr 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.9x12.9x0.4x
Sat, 11 Mar 2023UK£4.2bUK£9.0bUK£307.9m10.2x13.6x0.5x
Mon, 06 Feb 2023UK£4.4bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m11.9x14.7x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

14.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£4.4bTotal Earnings: UK£301.7mTotal Revenue: UK£9.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Retail Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.9x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Retail Distributors industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 11.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.31x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Retail Distributors industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 7.1% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

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

GB Market0.36%
Consumer Discretionary-2.05%
Retail Distributors1.63%
Distributors1.63%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
INCH InchcapeUK£8.182.1%
+UK£58.1m		20.4%PE10.5x
SNWS Smiths NewsUK£0.671.5%
+UK£2.4m		10.2%PE5.7x

Latest News

ULTP
UK£0.54
Ultimate Products
7D
-2.5%
1Y
-46.5%

ULTP: AIM Transfer And Dividend Stream Will Support Future Share Price

Analysts have nudged their price target for Ultimate Products slightly higher to £1.65. Small adjustments to discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E assumptions leave their overall view broadly unchanged.
INCH
UK£8.18
Inchcape
7D
2.1%
1Y
20.4%

Shareholders Would Enjoy A Repeat Of Inchcape's (LON:INCH) Recent Growth In Returns

Jan 23
Shareholders Would Enjoy A Repeat Of Inchcape's (LON:INCH) Recent Growth In Returns
LIKE
UK£0.24
Likewise Group
7D
-7.5%
1Y
27.3%
SNWS
UK£0.67
Smiths News
7D
1.5%
1Y
10.2%
HEAD
UK£0.44
Headlam Group
7D
-2.2%
1Y
-66.4%