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U.K. (FTSE) Professional Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 17, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies37
  • 7D2.9%
  • 3M0.5%
  • 1Y14.7%
  • YTD4.8%

Over the last 7 days, the Professional Services industry has risen 2.9%, driven by gains in RELX and Experian of 2.5% and 5.2%, respectively. In the same time, GlobalData was down 9.3%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 15%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 11% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 17 Jan 2025UK£124.1bUK£38.0bUK£3.4b27.6x36.7x3.3x
Sun, 15 Dec 2024UK£118.7bUK£37.8bUK£3.4b24x35.4x3.1x
Tue, 12 Nov 2024UK£121.4bUK£37.5bUK£3.2b24.1x37.4x3.2x
Thu, 10 Oct 2024UK£118.8bUK£37.4bUK£3.2b23.3x36.7x3.2x
Sat, 07 Sep 2024UK£115.7bUK£37.4bUK£3.2b22.5x36x3.1x
Mon, 05 Aug 2024UK£116.9bUK£38.5bUK£3.2b18.6x36.1x3x
Wed, 03 Jul 2024UK£118.0bUK£38.5bUK£3.1b19.5x37.6x3.1x
Fri, 31 May 2024UK£115.1bUK£38.6bUK£3.1b20.2x36.6x3x
Sun, 28 Apr 2024UK£110.1bUK£38.5bUK£3.0b19.2x36.2x2.9x
Tue, 26 Mar 2024UK£114.1bUK£38.4bUK£3.0b19.4x37.7x3x
Thu, 22 Feb 2024UK£113.1bUK£41.0bUK£3.3b19.3x34.4x2.8x
Sat, 20 Jan 2024UK£109.0bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b20x32.7x2.6x
Mon, 18 Dec 2023UK£104.1bUK£41.7bUK£3.4b21.6x31x2.5x
Wed, 15 Nov 2023UK£96.2bUK£41.6bUK£3.3b17.3x29.4x2.3x
Fri, 13 Oct 2023UK£98.4bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b17.4x29.9x2.4x
Sun, 10 Sep 2023UK£94.4bUK£41.6bUK£3.3b19.3x28.9x2.3x
Tue, 08 Aug 2023UK£92.9bUK£41.0bUK£3.3b17.5x28x2.3x
Thu, 06 Jul 2023UK£92.7bUK£39.7bUK£3.3b16.5x28.3x2.3x
Sat, 03 Jun 2023UK£93.0bUK£39.7bUK£3.3b16.6x28.2x2.3x
Mon, 01 May 2023UK£93.9bUK£39.6bUK£3.5b17.4x27.2x2.4x
Wed, 29 Mar 2023UK£90.5bUK£40.2bUK£3.5b16.9x26.2x2.2x
Fri, 24 Feb 2023UK£93.4bUK£35.9bUK£3.4b18.8x27.6x2.6x
Sun, 22 Jan 2023UK£90.6bUK£34.8bUK£3.3b19x27.4x2.6x
Tue, 20 Dec 2022UK£87.2bUK£34.5bUK£3.3b18.2x26.3x2.5x
Thu, 17 Nov 2022UK£87.3bUK£34.4bUK£3.5b16.6x25.2x2.5x
Sat, 15 Oct 2022UK£208.5bUK£34.7bUK£3.5b16.1x59.1x6x
Mon, 12 Sep 2022UK£85.4bUK£34.5bUK£3.5b17.5x24.6x2.5x
Wed, 10 Aug 2022UK£89.9bUK£33.6bUK£3.4b17.4x26.5x2.7x
Fri, 08 Jul 2022UK£84.1bUK£32.2bUK£3.2b24x26.2x2.6x
Sun, 05 Jun 2022UK£84.1bUK£32.0bUK£3.2b25.5x26.7x2.6x
Tue, 03 May 2022UK£91.1bUK£31.7bUK£3.0b24.7x30.1x2.9x
Thu, 31 Mar 2022UK£92.9bUK£31.1bUK£3.0b25.5x31.2x3x
Sat, 26 Feb 2022UK£88.6bUK£30.4bUK£2.8b28.1x31.9x2.9x
Mon, 24 Jan 2022UK£93.9bUK£29.9bUK£2.6b32.6x36.1x3.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

36.1x


Total Market Cap: UK£93.9bTotal Earnings: UK£2.6bTotal Revenue: UK£29.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Professional Services Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 31.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Professional Services industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 36.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 31.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.8x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 3.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Professional Services industry have grown 9.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.3% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

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

GB Market0.96%
Industrials1.95%
Professional Services2.88%
Research and Consulting Services2.93%
HR Services1.10%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Research and Consulting Services industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 33.0x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 10.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 4.0% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the HR Services industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 18.3x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the HR Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 28% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 18% per year.
  • In contrast, the Research and Consulting Services industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 11% 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
EXPN ExperianUK£37.378.1%
+UK£2.7b		17.4%PE37.4x
REL RELXUK£39.513.7%
+UK£2.6b		20.5%PE38.7x
ITRK Intertek GroupUK£49.383.2%
+UK£245.1m		15.0%PE25.8x
HAS HaysUK£0.789.7%
+UK£109.8m		-21.5%PS0.2x
ELIX Elixirr InternationalUK£7.365.4%
+UK£18.0m		23.7%PE19x
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