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U.K. (FTSE) Retail Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D1.2%
  • 3M10.3%
  • 1Y-7.7%
  • YTD-0.8%

The Retail Distributors industry is up 1.2% in the last week, with Inchcape up 1.4%. In the past year, the industry is down 7.7%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 8.5% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 15 Jul 2025UK£3.3bUK£10.4bUK£277.3m9.7x11.8x0.3x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.7m9.5x10.8x0.3x
Sat, 10 May 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.7x10.7x0.3x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.6x10.7x0.3x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025UK£3.2bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m8.7x10.4x0.2x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025UK£3.1bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m9.3x10.2x0.2x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m10.1x11.8x0.3x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.7bUK£300.3m10.6x11.7x0.3x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m10.4x11.6x0.3x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.8bUK£296.8m10.7x12.5x0.3x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024UK£3.9bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m12.1x12.3x0.3x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024UK£3.9bUK£12.6bUK£307.7m12.6x12.7x0.3x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.6bUK£303.2m11.5x12.1x0.3x
Sun, 12 May 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.6bUK£301.0m11x12.3x0.3x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.6bUK£301.2m10.9x11.8x0.3x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024UK£3.1bUK£12.6bUK£301.2m10x10.3x0.2x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.3x12x0.3x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024UK£3.4bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.5x12.6x0.3x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£267.2m11.1x11.8x0.3x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£266.6m9.5x11.9x0.3x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023UK£3.6bUK£11.0bUK£265.1m9.3x13.6x0.3x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023UK£3.5bUK£11.0bUK£278.7m11x12.4x0.3x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.3bUK£283.8m10.1x13x0.4x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.0m10.6x13.3x0.4x
Mon, 15 May 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.4x13.2x0.4x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023UK£3.6bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.9x12.9x0.4x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023UK£4.3bUK£9.0bUK£307.9m10.5x14x0.5x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023UK£4.4bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m11.9x14.7x0.5x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023UK£3.6bUK£9.0bUK£301.3m11.3x12x0.4x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022UK£3.6bUK£9.0bUK£301.3m10.8x12.1x0.4x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022UK£3.2bUK£9.0bUK£303.2m8.7x10.6x0.4x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022UK£3.2bUK£9.0bUK£303.4m8.9x10.4x0.4x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022UK£3.5bUK£9.0bUK£295.9m11.2x11.8x0.4x
Fri, 22 Jul 2022UK£3.5bUK£8.7bUK£158.0m11.1x22.1x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

22.1x


Total Market Cap: UK£3.5bTotal Earnings: UK£158.0mTotal Revenue: UK£8.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Retail Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 13.2x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Retail Distributors 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 11.8x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 13.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.36x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Retail Distributors industry have grown 21% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 6.2% 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 industry?

GB Market1.94%
Consumer Discretionary0.13%
Retail Distributors1.20%
Distributors1.20%
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£7.761.4%
+UK£40.9m		-5.7%PE10.6x
LIKE Likewise GroupUK£0.254.2%
+UK£2.5m		51.5%PE79.1x

Latest News

HEAD
UK£0.88
Headlam Group
7D
-1.1%
1Y
-36.9%
INCH
UK£7.76
Inchcape
7D
1.4%
1Y
-5.7%

Insufficient Growth At Inchcape plc (LON:INCH) Hampers Share Price

Jul 04
Insufficient Growth At Inchcape plc (LON:INCH) Hampers Share Price
SUP
UK£1.76
Supreme
7D
-1.4%
1Y
-4.9%

Supreme's (LON:SUP) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Jul 04
Supreme's (LON:SUP) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's
LIKE
UK£0.25
Likewise Group
7D
4.2%
1Y
51.5%
ULTP
UK£0.59
Ultimate Products
7D
-1.7%
1Y
-57.4%
SNWS
UK£0.57
Smiths News
7D
-2.4%
1Y
-4.0%