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U.K. (FTSE) Specialty Stores Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 25, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-3.0%
  • 3M-2.6%
  • 1Y-33.2%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Specialty Stores industry has dropped 3.0%, driven by JD Sports Fashion declining 4.7%. The industry has fallen 33% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 17% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Specialty Stores Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Sep 2025UK£10.7bUK£22.5bUK£979.2m10.9x10.9x0.5x
Sun, 24 Aug 2025UK£11.0bUK£22.5bUK£979.2m12x11.2x0.5x
Tue, 22 Jul 2025UK£11.1bUK£22.5bUK£984.1m12.5x11.2x0.5x
Thu, 19 Jun 2025UK£10.8bUK£22.8bUK£999.6m13.4x10.8x0.5x
Sat, 17 May 2025UK£11.7bUK£22.2bUK£855.1m14x13.7x0.5x
Mon, 14 Apr 2025UK£9.7bUK£22.1bUK£908.3m11.3x10.7x0.4x
Wed, 12 Mar 2025UK£10.5bUK£22.1bUK£908.3m11.6x11.6x0.5x
Fri, 07 Feb 2025UK£11.5bUK£22.1bUK£908.3m12.8x12.7x0.5x
Sun, 05 Jan 2025UK£11.6bUK£22.1bUK£902.0m14.2x12.8x0.5x
Tue, 03 Dec 2024UK£12.7bUK£22.3bUK£1.0b13.6x12.7x0.6x
Thu, 31 Oct 2024UK£14.6bUK£22.2bUK£987.6m17.1x14.8x0.7x
Sat, 28 Sep 2024UK£16.8bUK£21.7bUK£1.2b17.9x14.2x0.8x
Mon, 26 Aug 2024UK£16.1bUK£21.7bUK£1.2b16.8x13.5x0.7x
Wed, 24 Jul 2024UK£14.5bUK£21.7bUK£1.2b17.5x12.2x0.7x
Fri, 21 Jun 2024UK£14.5bUK£21.9bUK£1.4b14.8x10.6x0.7x
Sun, 19 May 2024UK£14.2bUK£21.8bUK£1.0b19.6x13.7x0.7x
Tue, 16 Apr 2024UK£13.8bUK£21.7bUK£1.0b18.3x13.2x0.6x
Thu, 14 Mar 2024UK£13.6bUK£21.7bUK£1.0b18x12.9x0.6x
Sat, 10 Feb 2024UK£13.1bUK£21.7bUK£1.0b18.2x12.4x0.6x
Mon, 08 Jan 2024UK£15.0bUK£22.0bUK£1.1b17.2x14.2x0.7x
Wed, 06 Dec 2023UK£17.6bUK£21.8bUK£1.0b17.8x17.2x0.8x
Fri, 03 Nov 2023UK£14.7bUK£21.7bUK£1.0b13.9x14.3x0.7x
Sun, 01 Oct 2023UK£16.3bUK£21.7bUK£1.0b15.7x15.8x0.8x
Tue, 29 Aug 2023UK£16.0bUK£21.3bUK£965.2m22.1x16.5x0.8x
Thu, 27 Jul 2023UK£17.3bUK£20.8bUK£790.7m18.5x21.9x0.8x
Sat, 24 Jun 2023UK£16.1bUK£20.7bUK£782.9m17.3x20.5x0.8x
Mon, 22 May 2023UK£17.6bUK£20.7bUK£796.6m15.6x22.1x0.9x
Wed, 19 Apr 2023UK£18.2bUK£19.4bUK£940.7m15.7x19.4x0.9x
Fri, 17 Mar 2023UK£17.8bUK£19.4bUK£940.7m15.6x18.9x0.9x
Sun, 12 Feb 2023UK£19.1bUK£19.4bUK£940.7m16.8x20.3x1x
Tue, 10 Jan 2023UK£16.8bUK£19.4bUK£948.6m15.6x17.7x0.9x
Thu, 08 Dec 2022UK£16.4bUK£18.8bUK£872.2m16.5x18.8x0.9x
Sat, 05 Nov 2022UK£13.9bUK£18.5bUK£804.6m11.1x17.2x0.8x
Mon, 03 Oct 2022UK£13.0bUK£18.4bUK£847.0m10.4x15.3x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.3x


Total Market Cap: UK£13.0bTotal Earnings: UK£847.0mTotal Revenue: UK£18.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Specialty Stores Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 15.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Specialty Stores 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 10.9x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 15.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.71x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Stores industry have grown 5.0% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.0% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Specialty Stores compare with similar industries?

GB Market0.52%
Consumer Discretionary-0.28%
Specialty Stores2.64%
Specialty Stores-3.00%
Home Improvement Retail15.90%
Apparel Retail3.97%
Computer and Electronics Retail2.53%
Automotive Retail1.07%
Home Furnishing Retail0.63%
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
PETS Pets at Home GroupUK£2.014.4%
+UK£37.6m		-34.3%PE10.2x
MOON Moonpig GroupUK£2.192.3%
+UK£11.7m		1.9%PS2x
WRKS TheWorks.co.ukUK£0.527.9%
+UK£2.4m		107.6%PE4x
G4M Gear4music (Holdings)UK£2.971.4%
+UK£839.1k		72.2%PE74.9x

Latest News

JD.
UK£0.89
JD Sports Fashion
7D
-3.7%
1Y
-42.5%
SMWH
UK£6.74
WH Smith
7D
-1.0%
1Y
-54.5%

Travel Retail Focus Will Strengthen North American Presence

The consensus analyst price target for WH Smith has been reduced from £9.62 to £8.72, driven by material overstatement of trading profits, heightened concerns over profit transparency, and a widespread shift in analyst outlooks toward caution and risk mitigation. Analyst Commentary Material overstatement of trading profits has created uncertainty regarding the true profitability of the company's growth initiatives.
PETS
UK£2.01
Pets at Home Group
7D
4.4%
1Y
-34.3%
HUD
UK£0.03
Huddled Group
7D
-6.3%
1Y
-11.8%
WOSG
UK£3.53
Watches of Switzerland Group
7D
-0.1%
1Y
-25.4%

Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Sep 08
Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
G4M
UK£2.97
Gear4music (Holdings)
7D
1.4%
1Y
72.2%
FRAS
UK£7.13
Frasers Group
7D
-0.4%
1Y
-15.8%

There May Be Some Bright Spots In Frasers Group's (LON:FRAS) Earnings

Sep 05
There May Be Some Bright Spots In Frasers Group's (LON:FRAS) Earnings
MOON
UK£2.19
Moonpig Group
7D
2.3%
1Y
1.9%
WRKS
UK£0.52
TheWorks.co.uk
7D
7.9%
1Y
107.6%
CARD
UK£1.08
Card Factory
7D
-0.4%
1Y
3.0%