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U.K. (FTSE) Retail Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D-2.0%
  • 3M-4.3%
  • 1Y-20.5%
  • YTD-14.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Retail Distributors industry has dropped 2.0%, driven by Inchcape declining 2.7%. On the other hand Likewise Group is actually up 14%. The industry has fallen 20% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 8.1% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 14 Sep 2025UK£2.8bUK£10.0bUK£287.8m8.8x9.7x0.3x
Tue, 12 Aug 2025UK£2.8bUK£10.0bUK£287.3m9.1x9.9x0.3x
Thu, 10 Jul 2025UK£3.2bUK£10.4bUK£277.3m9.7x11.7x0.3x
Sat, 07 Jun 2025UK£3.0bUK£10.4bUK£277.7m9.3x10.7x0.3x
Mon, 05 May 2025UK£2.9bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m8.5x10.5x0.3x
Wed, 02 Apr 2025UK£3.1bUK£10.4bUK£277.9m9.1x11x0.3x
Fri, 28 Feb 2025UK£3.1bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m8.8x10.4x0.2x
Sun, 26 Jan 2025UK£3.0bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m8.8x10.1x0.2x
Tue, 24 Dec 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.8bUK£302.2m10.2x11.7x0.3x
Thu, 21 Nov 2024UK£3.4bUK£12.7bUK£300.3m10.2x11.3x0.3x
Sat, 19 Oct 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.8bUK£297.0m10.5x12.1x0.3x
Mon, 16 Sep 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m12x12.1x0.3x
Wed, 14 Aug 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.8bUK£316.7m11.9x12.1x0.3x
Fri, 12 Jul 2024UK£3.8bUK£12.6bUK£307.7m12.3x12.4x0.3x
Sun, 09 Jun 2024UK£3.7bUK£12.6bUK£303.2m12x12.2x0.3x
Tue, 07 May 2024UK£3.6bUK£12.6bUK£301.0m11.8x12.1x0.3x
Thu, 04 Apr 2024UK£3.5bUK£12.6bUK£301.2m10.8x11.6x0.3x
Sat, 02 Mar 2024UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£268.3m9.1x12.4x0.3x
Mon, 29 Jan 2024UK£3.3bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.4x12.1x0.3x
Wed, 27 Dec 2023UK£3.5bUK£11.1bUK£273.2m9.6x12.7x0.3x
Fri, 24 Nov 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£267.2m10.1x11.9x0.3x
Sun, 22 Oct 2023UK£3.2bUK£11.0bUK£264.5m9.5x12x0.3x
Tue, 19 Sep 2023UK£3.6bUK£11.0bUK£265.1m9.1x13.6x0.3x
Thu, 17 Aug 2023UK£3.6bUK£11.0bUK£278.7m10.8x12.9x0.3x
Sat, 15 Jul 2023UK£3.6bUK£9.3bUK£283.8m10.3x12.7x0.4x
Mon, 12 Jun 2023UK£3.8bUK£9.2bUK£282.0m10.5x13.4x0.4x
Wed, 10 May 2023UK£3.8bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.8x13.4x0.4x
Fri, 07 Apr 2023UK£3.6bUK£9.2bUK£282.5m10.8x12.8x0.4x
Sun, 05 Mar 2023UK£4.3bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m10.5x14.3x0.5x
Tue, 31 Jan 2023UK£4.4bUK£9.0bUK£301.7m12.2x14.6x0.5x
Thu, 29 Dec 2022UK£3.6bUK£9.0bUK£301.3m10.6x11.9x0.4x
Sat, 26 Nov 2022UK£3.8bUK£9.0bUK£304.8m9.1x12.5x0.4x
Mon, 24 Oct 2022UK£3.1bUK£9.0bUK£303.2m8.1x10.1x0.3x
Wed, 21 Sep 2022UK£3.2bUK£9.0bUK£303.4m9x10.5x0.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10.5x


Total Market Cap: UK£3.2bTotal Earnings: UK£303.4mTotal Revenue: UK£9.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Retail Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 13x202320242025
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 9.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 13.0x.
  • 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 remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 3.7% 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 Market0.64%
Consumer Discretionary-0.62%
Retail Distributors-2.04%
Distributors-2.04%
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
LIKE Likewise GroupUK£0.2814.3%
+UK£8.7m		60.0%PE52.1x
ULTP Ultimate ProductsUK£0.624.7%
+UK£2.3m		-56.2%PE7.4x
SNWS Smiths NewsUK£0.580.7%
+UK£958.5k		-0.7%PE5x

Latest News

LIKE
UK£0.28
Likewise Group
7D
14.3%
1Y
60.0%
ULTP
UK£0.62
Ultimate Products
7D
4.7%
1Y
-56.2%
SUP
UK£1.83
Supreme
7D
-0.3%
1Y
5.2%

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Aug 21
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INCH
UK£6.55
Inchcape
7D
-2.7%
1Y
-20.4%

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SNWS
UK£0.58
Smiths News
7D
0.7%
1Y
-0.7%
HEAD
UK£0.65
Headlam Group
7D
-5.0%
1Y
-56.9%