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U.K. (FTSE) Energy Sector Analysis

UpdatedMar 19, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies87
  • 7D3.9%
  • 3M2.4%
  • 1Y8.2%
  • YTD0.7%

Over the last 7 days, the Energy industry has risen 3.4%, driven by gains from Shell of 3.6%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 7.7%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 1.5% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Energy Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 19 Mar 2024UK£259.1bUK£431.1bUK£27.0b6.6x9.6x0.6x
Thu, 15 Feb 2024UK£253.8bUK£437.5bUK£26.4b6.6x9.6x0.6x
Sat, 13 Jan 2024UK£271.2bUK£619.0bUK£62.2b4.1x4.4x0.4x
Mon, 11 Dec 2023UK£277.3bUK£626.3bUK£62.9b4.7x4.4x0.4x
Wed, 08 Nov 2023UK£288.3bUK£636.0bUK£63.6b4.6x4.5x0.5x
Fri, 06 Oct 2023UK£286.9bUK£658.6bUK£58.1b5.2x4.9x0.4x
Sun, 03 Sep 2023UK£283.5bUK£641.6bUK£57.2b4.8x5x0.4x
Tue, 01 Aug 2023UK£287.5bUK£647.7bUK£63.0b4.7x4.6x0.4x
Thu, 29 Jun 2023UK£268.6bUK£676.3bUK£75.5b4.6x3.6x0.4x
Sat, 27 May 2023UK£275.8bUK£687.9bUK£77.3b4.6x3.6x0.4x
Mon, 24 Apr 2023UK£298.0bUK£676.2bUK£53.6b4.6x5.6x0.4x
Wed, 22 Mar 2023UK£285.3bUK£686.1bUK£55.7b4.1x5.1x0.4x
Fri, 17 Feb 2023UK£333.4bUK£690.0bUK£56.5b3.6x5.9x0.5x
Sun, 15 Jan 2023UK£314.5bUK£653.6bUK£50.2b4.6x6.3x0.5x
Tue, 13 Dec 2022UK£300.8bUK£653.7bUK£50.7b4.5x5.9x0.5x
Thu, 10 Nov 2022UK£305.1bUK£678.9bUK£51.2b4.4x6x0.4x
Sat, 08 Oct 2022UK£310.0bUK£651.8bUK£45.3b4.5x6.8x0.5x
Mon, 05 Sep 2022UK£309.6bUK£634.4bUK£44.1b6.2x7x0.5x
Wed, 03 Aug 2022UK£271.6bUK£589.8bUK£37.9b6.9x7.2x0.5x
Fri, 01 Jul 2022UK£253.7bUK£575.6bUK£28.0b8.3x9.1x0.4x
Sun, 29 May 2022UK£285.2bUK£526.6bUK£23.1b8.7x12.4x0.5x
Tue, 26 Apr 2022UK£261.9bUK£476.1bUK£39.4b12.1x6.6x0.6x
Thu, 24 Mar 2022UK£258.4bUK£431.0bUK£33.8b11.4x7.6x0.6x
Sat, 19 Feb 2022UK£217.2bUK£256.1bUK£21.2b11x10.3x0.8x
Mon, 17 Jan 2022UK£234.8bUK£276.2bUK£20.9b13x11.2x0.9x
Wed, 15 Dec 2021UK£216.3bUK£285.5bUK£21.7b10.9x10x0.8x
Fri, 12 Nov 2021UK£243.9bUK£273.3bUK£17.0b12x14.4x0.9x
Sun, 10 Oct 2021UK£249.9bUK£261.0bUK£16.7b12x14.9x1x
Tue, 07 Sep 2021UK£224.7bUK£256.9bUK£16.0b11x14x0.9x
Thu, 05 Aug 2021UK£215.9bUK£257.1bUK£15.8b12.1x13.6x0.8x
Sun, 09 May 2021UK£196.2bUK£225.4b-UK£2,524,749,609.8713x-77.7x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-103.2x


Total Market Cap: UK£201.8bTotal Earnings: -UK£1,955,237,248.71Total Revenue: UK£223.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Energy Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average -0.2x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Energy 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 9.6x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of -0.16x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.59x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Energy industry have gone up over the last three years, and the industry is now profitable. Revenues have grown 24% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by the industry overall, and subsequently profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Energy sector?

GB Market0.54%
Energy3.87%
Energy Services4.13%
Oil and Gas3.87%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Oil and Gas industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 1.1%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 42.2% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Energy Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 59% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 51% per year.
  • In contrast, the Oil and Gas industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
SHEL ShellUK£25.613.6%
+UK£5.7b
14.5%PE10.8x
BP. BPUK£4.934.6%
+UK£3.5b
1.3%PE6.8x
HBR Harbour EnergyUK£2.748.3%
+UK£161.8m
11.2%PE84x
ITH Ithaca EnergyUK£1.393.1%
+UK£42.6m
-5.4%PS0.7x
G3E G3 ExplorationUK£0.28n/a
UK£43.9m
n/an/a
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QED

UK£0.015

Quadrise

7D

-8.3%

1Y

-0.1%

TLW

UK£0.29

Tullow Oil

7D

7.2%

1Y

5.3%

HTG

UK£3.16

Hunting

7D

7.9%

1Y

39.6%

SHEL

UK£25.61

Shell

7D

3.6%

1Y

14.5%

BP.

UK£4.93

BP

7D

4.6%

1Y

1.3%

HBR

UK£2.74

Harbour Energy

7D

8.3%

1Y

11.2%

JOG

UK£1.54

Jersey Oil and Gas

7D

-4.1%

1Y

-13.5%

SEPL

UK£1.43

Seplat Energy

7D

-2.9%

1Y

34.5%

ENOG

UK£10.26

Energean

7D

1.7%

1Y

-4.6%

CASP

UK£0.023

Caspian Sunrise

7D

-4.2%

1Y

-63.5%

PANR

UK£0.27

Pantheon Resources

7D

-2.4%

1Y

8.9%

PRD

UK£0.083

Predator Oil & Gas Holdings

7D

-5.2%

1Y

34.1%

UPL

UK£0.031

Upland Resources

7D

-4.6%

1Y

439.1%

PFC

UK£0.24

Petrofac

7D

-2.9%

1Y

-60.1%

G3E

UK£0.28

G3 Exploration

7D

n/a

1Y

n/a