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U.K. (FTSE) Retail Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 12, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D1.4%
  • 3M12.1%
  • 1Y-0.4%
  • YTD-3.1%

Over the last 7 days, the Retail Distributors industry has risen 1.4%, driven by gains from Inchcape of 1.1%. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 8.5% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 13 Nov 2025UK£3.3bUK£11.0bUK£303.9m9.1x10.8x0.3x
Sat, 11 Oct 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.0bUK£276.8m8.9x10.9x0.3x
Mon, 08 Sep 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.0bUK£287.3m9x10x0.3x
Wed, 06 Aug 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.0bUK£287.3m9.1x10x0.3x
Fri, 04 Jul 2025UK£3.3bUK£10.4bUK£277.3m9.9x11.9x0.3x
Sun, 01 Jun 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.4bUK£277.7m9.2x10.6x0.3x
Tue, 29 Apr 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.6x10.4x0.3x
Thu, 27 Mar 2025UK£3.2bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m9.5x11.6x0.3x
Sat, 22 Feb 2025UK£3.1bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m8.9x10.4x0.2x
Mon, 20 Jan 2025UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m9.7x11.5x0.3x
Wed, 18 Dec 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£301.8m10.1x11.7x0.3x
Fri, 15 Nov 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.7bUK£300.3m10.5x11.7x0.3x
Sun, 13 Oct 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£297.0m10.3x11.9x0.3x
Tue, 10 Sep 2024UK£3.9bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m12.1x12.2x0.3x
Thu, 08 Aug 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m12x12.2x0.3x
Sat, 06 Jul 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.6bUK£307.7m12.2x12.2x0.3x
Mon, 03 Jun 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.6bUK£303.2m12.1x12.3x0.3x
Wed, 01 May 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.6bUK£301.0m12.2x12.6x0.3x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024UK£3.4bUK£12.6bUK£301.2m10.5x11.4x0.3x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024UK£3.2bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.3x11.7x0.3x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024UK£3.2bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.3x11.7x0.3x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023UK£3.5bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.8x12.7x0.3x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£267.2m10.1x11.9x0.3x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023UK£3.3bUK£11.0bUK£264.5m9.3x12.3x0.3x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023UK£3.7bUK£11.0bUK£265.1m9.2x13.8x0.3x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023UK£3.7bUK£11.0bUK£278.7m10.2x13.5x0.3x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023UK£3.6bUK£9.3bUK£283.8m10x12.8x0.4x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.0m10.1x13.2x0.4x
Thu, 04 May 2023UK£3.9bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m11.1x13.7x0.4x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023UK£3.7bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.5x13.2x0.4x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023UK£4.3bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m10.7x14.4x0.5x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023UK£4.4bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m12x14.7x0.5x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022UK£3.6bUK£9.0bUK£301.3m10.5x11.9x0.4x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022UK£3.7bUK£9.0bUK£304.8m9.3x12.1x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.1x


Total Market Cap: UK£3.7bTotal 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 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 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 Market1.29%
Consumer Discretionary-0.35%
Retail Distributors1.37%
Distributors1.37%
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£7.581.1%
+UK£21.5m		1.3%PE9.8x
SUP SupremeUK£1.803.4%
+UK£7.0m		10.8%PE9x
LIKE Likewise GroupUK£0.285.8%
+UK£3.8m		71.9%PE51.7x
HEAD Headlam GroupUK£0.548.9%
+UK£3.5m		-59.9%PS0.07x
ULTP Ultimate ProductsUK£0.633.3%
+UK£1.7m		-48.0%PE9.1x

Latest News

SNWS
UK£0.68
Smiths News
7D
-0.3%
1Y
11.8%

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
SUP
UK£1.80
Supreme
7D
3.4%
1Y
10.8%
ULTP
UK£0.63
Ultimate Products
7D
3.3%
1Y
-48.0%

Ultimate Products (LON:ULTP) Has Announced A Dividend Of £0.0215

Oct 31
Ultimate Products (LON:ULTP) Has Announced A Dividend Of £0.0215
INCH
UK£7.58
Inchcape
7D
1.1%
1Y
1.3%
HEAD
UK£0.54
Headlam Group
7D
8.9%
1Y
-59.9%
LIKE
UK£0.28
Likewise Group
7D
5.8%
1Y
71.9%