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U.K. (FTSE) Retail Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D0.2%
  • 3M10.7%
  • 1Y-4.8%
  • YTD-4.5%

The Retail Distributors industry has been flat over the last week, but Ultimate Products has lost 4.4%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 4.8% in the last year. 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
Sun, 16 Nov 2025UK£3.3bUK£11.0bUK£303.9m8.8x10.7x0.3x
Tue, 14 Oct 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.0bUK£276.8m9x11x0.3x
Thu, 11 Sep 2025UK£2.8bUK£10.0bUK£287.8m8.9x9.8x0.3x
Sat, 09 Aug 2025UK£2.8bUK£10.0bUK£287.3m9x9.8x0.3x
Mon, 07 Jul 2025UK£3.3bUK£10.4bUK£277.3m9.8x11.8x0.3x
Wed, 04 Jun 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.7m9.2x10.6x0.3x
Fri, 02 May 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.6x10.5x0.3x
Sun, 30 Mar 2025UK£3.1bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m9.2x11.3x0.3x
Tue, 25 Feb 2025UK£3.2bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m9x10.5x0.2x
Thu, 23 Jan 2025UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m9.6x11.4x0.3x
Sat, 21 Dec 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m10.2x11.8x0.3x
Mon, 18 Nov 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.7bUK£300.3m10.5x11.8x0.3x
Wed, 16 Oct 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.8bUK£297.0m10.3x12x0.3x
Fri, 13 Sep 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m11.9x12.1x0.3x
Sun, 11 Aug 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m11.7x12x0.3x
Tue, 09 Jul 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.6bUK£307.7m12.2x12.2x0.3x
Thu, 06 Jun 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.6bUK£303.2m12.2x12.4x0.3x
Sat, 04 May 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.6bUK£301.0m11.8x12.1x0.3x
Mon, 01 Apr 2024UK£3.4bUK£12.6bUK£301.2m10.5x11.4x0.3x
Wed, 28 Feb 2024UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.2x12.1x0.3x
Fri, 26 Jan 2024UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.4x12x0.3x
Sun, 24 Dec 2023UK£3.5bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.6x12.7x0.3x
Tue, 21 Nov 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£267.2m10.1x11.9x0.3x
Thu, 19 Oct 2023UK£3.3bUK£11.0bUK£264.5m9.5x12.3x0.3x
Sat, 16 Sep 2023UK£3.7bUK£11.0bUK£265.1m9.2x13.9x0.3x
Mon, 14 Aug 2023UK£3.7bUK£11.0bUK£278.7m10.3x13.3x0.3x
Wed, 12 Jul 2023UK£3.6bUK£9.3bUK£283.8m10.1x12.7x0.4x
Fri, 09 Jun 2023UK£3.8bUK£9.2bUK£282.0m10.4x13.4x0.4x
Sun, 07 May 2023UK£3.8bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.9x13.4x0.4x
Tue, 04 Apr 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.6x13.2x0.4x
Thu, 02 Mar 2023UK£4.3bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m10.6x14.3x0.5x
Sat, 28 Jan 2023UK£4.4bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m12x14.6x0.5x
Mon, 26 Dec 2022UK£3.6bUK£9.0bUK£301.3m10.5x12x0.4x
Wed, 23 Nov 2022UK£3.8bUK£9.0bUK£304.8m9.3x12.4x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.4x


Total Market Cap: UK£3.8bTotal Earnings: UK£304.8mTotal Revenue: UK£9.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Retail Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12x202320242025
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 10.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.32x.
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 7.0% 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 Market0.21%
Consumer Discretionary-0.56%
Retail Distributors0.21%
Distributors0.21%
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£7.490.3%
+UK£5.2m		-3.7%PE9.7x
HEAD Headlam GroupUK£0.542.3%
+UK£963.1k		-60.3%PS0.07x

Latest News

ULTP
UK£0.61
Ultimate Products
7D
-4.4%
1Y
-49.6%
SNWS
UK£0.66
Smiths News
7D
-0.3%
1Y
8.9%

Smiths News' (LON:SNWS) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Nov 07
Smiths News' (LON:SNWS) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year
INCH
UK£7.49
Inchcape
7D
0.3%
1Y
-3.7%
HEAD
UK£0.54
Headlam Group
7D
2.3%
1Y
-60.3%
LIKE
UK£0.27
Likewise Group
7D
-0.4%
1Y
63.6%