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U.K. (FTSE) Commercial Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 19, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies23
  • 7D2.2%
  • 3M-0.6%
  • 1Y-1.8%
  • YTD-2.8%

The Commercial Services industry is up 2.2% in the last week, with Rentokil Initial up 2.3%. In the same time, Franchise Brands was down 12%. Overall in the last year, the industry is flat. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 16% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Commercial Services Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 19 Jan 2025UK£15.2bUK£19.0bUK£752.3m24.9x20.2x0.8x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024UK£15.6bUK£18.9bUK£756.8m25.6x20.7x0.8x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024UK£15.5bUK£18.5bUK£758.2m19x20.4x0.8x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024UK£14.8bUK£18.5bUK£768.0m19.5x19.2x0.8x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024UK£17.6bUK£18.5bUK£754.0m18.1x23.4x1x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024UK£17.2bUK£18.5bUK£746.6m17.3x23.1x0.9x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024UK£17.8bUK£18.6bUK£768.1m15.7x23.1x1x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024UK£16.7bUK£18.5bUK£740.6m15.7x22.6x0.9x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024UK£16.8bUK£18.5bUK£761.8m15.3x22.1x0.9x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024UK£19.3bUK£18.6bUK£772.1m15.4x25.1x1x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024UK£18.2bUK£17.9bUK£712.9m16.5x25.5x1x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024UK£23.0bUK£21.8bUK£903.4m17.3x25.4x1.1x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023UK£24.1bUK£22.2bUK£847.6m20.4x28.4x1.1x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023UK£24.4bUK£21.9bUK£834.1m21.4x29.3x1.1x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023UK£27.8bUK£21.9bUK£849.9m20.8x32.7x1.3x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023UK£27.3bUK£21.8bUK£851.4m24.3x32.1x1.2x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023UK£28.1bUK£21.8bUK£883.2m21.6x31.9x1.3x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023UK£27.5bUK£20.4bUK£743.4m23x37x1.3x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023UK£29.1bUK£20.4bUK£736.6m27.3x39.6x1.4x
Wed, 03 May 2023UK£29.0bUK£20.4bUK£757.5m27.5x38.3x1.4x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023UK£27.4bUK£20.3bUK£757.6m30x36.2x1.3x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023UK£25.9bUK£19.5bUK£786.0m30x33x1.3x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023UK£25.8bUK£19.4bUK£789.9m31.1x32.7x1.3x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022UK£26.2bUK£19.8bUK£790.4m32x33.1x1.3x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022UK£27.1bUK£19.5bUK£766.7m31.4x35.3x1.4x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022UK£25.6bUK£19.4bUK£753.8m30x34x1.3x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022UK£24.4bUK£19.4bUK£756.8m30.2x32.3x1.3x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022UK£24.4bUK£19.4bUK£739.5m31x32.9x1.3x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022UK£22.7bUK£18.9bUK£849.7m31x26.7x1.2x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022UK£24.0bUK£19.2bUK£891.9m30.4x26.9x1.2x
Thu, 05 May 2022UK£23.5bUK£19.1bUK£759.0m38x31x1.2x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022UK£22.9bUK£19.1bUK£763.4m36.7x30x1.2x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022UK£21.4bUK£19.2bUK£707.9m35.5x30.2x1.1x
Wed, 26 Jan 2022UK£22.1bUK£19.0bUK£710.2m36.8x31.2x1.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

31.2x


Total Market Cap: UK£22.1bTotal Earnings: UK£710.2mTotal Revenue: UK£19.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Commercial Services Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 31.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Commercial Services 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 20.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 31.4x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.80x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Both revenue and earnings for companies in the Commercial Services industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • This means that sales and the cost of doing business have remained relatively consistent over this period and subsequently, so have profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Industrials industry?

GB Market3.17%
Industrials4.11%
Commercial Services2.23%
Environmental and Facilities Services2.49%
Commercial Printing1.69%
Diversified Support Services0.25%
Security and Alarm Services0%
Office Services and Supplies-6.90%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Commercial Printing industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 0.56x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Diversified Support Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 24% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 17% per year.
  • In contrast, the Environmental and Facilities Services industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 15% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
RTO Rentokil InitialUK£3.862.3%
+UK£216.0m		-3.7%PE24.8x
MTO Mitie GroupUK£1.136.4%
+UK£81.9m		15.8%PE11.5x
JSG Johnson Service GroupUK£1.359.6%
+UK£48.8m		-4.5%PE17.9x
SRP Serco GroupUK£1.532.3%
+UK£35.4m		-7.7%PE11.2x
DLAR De La RueUK£1.122.8%
+UK£5.9m		31.8%PS0.7x
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MTO

UK£1.13

Mitie Group

7D

6.4%

1Y

15.8%

RTO

UK£3.86

Rentokil Initial

7D

2.3%

1Y

-3.7%

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HUI

UK£0.026

Hydrogen Utopia International

7D

-7.1%

1Y

-27.6%

FRAN

UK£1.36

Franchise Brands

7D

-11.7%

1Y

-14.2%

MAI

UK£2.75

Maintel Holdings

7D

10.0%

1Y

44.7%

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INSE

UK£0.48

Inspired

7D

4.3%

1Y

-31.4%

CPP

UK£0.98

CPPGroup

7D

-11.7%

1Y

-29.1%

SRP

UK£1.53

Serco Group

7D

2.3%

1Y

-7.7%

DLAR

UK£1.12

De La Rue

7D

2.8%

1Y

31.8%

MER

UK£3.62

Mears Group

7D

-1.8%

1Y

4.0%

TENG

UK£0.46

Ten Lifestyle Group

7D

-2.1%

1Y

-50.1%

SFT

UK£0.24

Software Circle

7D

1.7%

1Y

71.4%

KINO

UK£0.64

Kinovo

7D

-2.3%

1Y

-2.3%

RWI

UK£7.96

Renewi

7D

-0.7%

1Y

26.8%

RST

UK£2.22

Restore

7D

-3.1%

1Y

-1.3%

JSG

UK£1.35

Johnson Service Group

7D

9.6%

1Y

-4.5%

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