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U.K. (FTSE) Financials Sector Analysis

UpdatedJul 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies234
  • 7D-0.9%
  • 3M3.9%
  • 1Y8.0%
  • YTD8.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Financials industry has remained flat, although notably Kaspi.kz gained 5.4%. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 8.0% over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 8.0% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Jul 2024UK£451.9bUK£240.5bUK£47.0b11.9x9.6x1.9x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024UK£454.5bUK£241.9bUK£47.3b12.3x9.6x1.9x
Tue, 21 May 2024UK£461.4bUK£241.1bUK£47.0b13.1x9.8x1.9x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024UK£454.9bUK£266.8bUK£53.5b11.8x8.5x1.7x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024UK£438.5bUK£232.3bUK£52.7b12.4x8.3x1.9x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024UK£376.1bUK£184.6bUK£50.9b12.1x7.4x2x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024UK£401.9bUK£188.0bUK£51.4b13.5x7.8x2.1x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023UK£394.7bUK£188.7bUK£51.6b12.5x7.6x2.1x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023UK£371.4bUK£188.8bUK£51.7b11.6x7.2x2x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023UK£395.5bUK£183.3bUK£48.5b12.2x8.2x2.2x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023UK£382.2bUK£179.1bUK£47.4b13x8.1x2.1x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023UK£400.9bUK£169.2bUK£45.6b12.5x8.8x2.4x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023UK£393.4bUK£177.7bUK£51.4b11.8x7.7x2.2x
Wed, 24 May 2023UK£420.5bUK£182.9bUK£52.0b12.8x8.1x2.3x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023UK£404.9bUK£171.2bUK£42.6b13x9.5x2.4x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023UK£361.6bUK£166.8bUK£41.8b11.6x8.6x2.2x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023UK£429.7bUK£144.0bUK£34.9b11.8x12.3x3x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023UK£403.2bUK£143.9bUK£34.9b11.9x11.6x2.8x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022UK£371.9bUK£143.4bUK£34.9b11.4x10.7x2.6x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022UK£355.3bUK£149.9bUK£37.2b9.4x9.6x2.4x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022UK£368.7bUK£186.8bUK£40.5b9.5x9.1x2x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022UK£364.7bUK£150.1bUK£39.0b9.2x9.3x2.4x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022UK£408.9bUK£238.4bUK£40.9b9.9x10x1.7x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022UK£449.2bUK£279.7bUK£49.1b10.1x9.2x1.6x
Thu, 26 May 2022UK£451.9bUK£277.6bUK£48.5b9.8x9.3x1.6x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022UK£470.1bUK£273.1bUK£47.0b10.6x10x1.7x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022UK£476.3bUK£271.2bUK£46.0b10.5x10.3x1.8x
Wed, 16 Feb 2022UK£525.3bUK£324.5bUK£46.3b11.5x11.3x1.6x
Fri, 14 Jan 2022UK£539.4bUK£322.6bUK£46.1b11.6x11.7x1.7x
Sun, 12 Dec 2021UK£507.3bUK£326.1bUK£46.5b11x10.9x1.6x
Tue, 09 Nov 2021UK£541.3bUK£331.2bUK£47.4b13.3x11.4x1.6x
Thu, 07 Oct 2021UK£516.1bUK£327.2bUK£42.1b12.9x12.3x1.6x
Sat, 04 Sep 2021UK£520.4bUK£325.7bUK£41.7b14.9x12.5x1.6x
Mon, 02 Aug 2021UK£508.4bUK£325.7bUK£41.7b14.3x12.2x1.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.2x


Total Market Cap: UK£508.4bTotal Earnings: UK£41.7bTotal Revenue: UK£325.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Financials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.2x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Financials 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 10.2x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.1x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.9x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have grown 4.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 9.6% per year.
  • This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since cost of doing business is lower, profits have been increasing.

Industry Trends

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

GB Market-0.38%
Financials-0.88%
Consumer Finance0.53%
Banks0.12%
Mortgage Finance0%
Mortgage REITs0%
Capital Markets-1.27%
Insurance-2.21%
Diversified Financial-3.97%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Consumer Finance industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 16.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 37.6%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 7.0% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Banks industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 7.9x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Consumer Finance industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 38% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 7.0% per year.
  • In contrast, the Banks 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
NWG NatWest GroupUK£3.627.9%
+UK£2.2b		47.4%PB0.8x
KSPI Kaspi.kzUS$120.605.4%
+US$1.2b		59.9%PE12.2x
LLOY Lloyds Banking GroupUK£0.612.6%
+UK£910.4m		34.4%PB0.8x
HSBA HSBC HoldingsUK£6.650.8%
+UK£864.8m		2.8%PB0.8x
BARC BarclaysUK£2.311.2%
+UK£349.7m		48.6%PB0.5x
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UK£0.86

CAB Payments Holdings

7D

-21.7%

1Y

-69.9%

LLOY

UK£0.61

Lloyds Banking Group

7D

2.6%

1Y

34.4%

IGG

UK£9.35

IG Group Holdings

7D

9.8%

1Y

29.2%

NWG

UK£3.62

NatWest Group

7D

7.9%

1Y

47.4%

WISE

UK£7.23

Wise

7D

-8.1%

1Y

-7.1%

STAN

UK£7.23

Standard Chartered

7D

-0.3%

1Y

-2.0%

KSPI

US$120.60

Kaspi.kz

7D

5.4%

1Y

59.9%

BARC

UK£2.31

Barclays

7D

1.2%

1Y

48.6%

STJ

UK£5.56

St. James's Place

7D

-1.3%

1Y

-41.3%

HSBA

UK£6.65

HSBC Holdings

7D

0.8%

1Y

2.8%

PRU

UK£6.85

Prudential

7D

-2.3%

1Y

-37.8%

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AV.

UK£4.93

Aviva

7D

2.3%

1Y

26.1%

III

UK£30.28

3i Group

7D

-0.6%

1Y

52.1%

HL.

UK£10.99

Hargreaves Lansdown

7D

-1.0%

1Y

25.8%

SDR

UK£3.84

Schroders

7D

-1.7%

1Y

-16.9%

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LSEG

UK£94.78

London Stock Exchange Group

7D

0.6%

1Y

11.1%