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U.K. (FTSE) Research and Consulting Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 18, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies26
  • 7D1.0%
  • 3M-7.0%
  • 1Y-3.5%
  • YTDn/a

The Research and Consulting Services is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but RELX has stood out, gaining 3.4%. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 3.5% over the past 12 months. Earnings are forecast to grow by 11% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Research and Consulting Services Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 18 Sep 2025UK£109.1bUK£21.4bUK£3.3b23.4x32.9x5.1x
Sat, 16 Aug 2025UK£110.6bUK£21.4bUK£3.3b22x33.2x5.2x
Mon, 14 Jul 2025UK£120.4bUK£21.6bUK£3.3b22.8x36.1x5.6x
Wed, 11 Jun 2025UK£118.5bUK£21.5bUK£3.3b29.3x36.1x5.5x
Fri, 09 May 2025UK£121.1bUK£21.4bUK£3.3b25.4x36.6x5.7x
Sun, 06 Apr 2025UK£111.2bUK£21.6bUK£3.3b23.2x33.4x5.2x
Tue, 04 Mar 2025UK£118.2bUK£21.6bUK£3.3b32.4x35.9x5.5x
Thu, 30 Jan 2025UK£124.6bUK£21.6bUK£3.3b34.4x38x5.8x
Sat, 28 Dec 2024UK£111.3bUK£21.5bUK£3.3b33.7x34x5.2x
Mon, 25 Nov 2024UK£116.0bUK£21.5bUK£3.2b29.9x36.5x5.4x
Wed, 23 Oct 2024UK£114.2bUK£21.2bUK£3.2b29.9x36.1x5.4x
Fri, 20 Sep 2024UK£115.9bUK£21.0bUK£3.1b35.6x37x5.5x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024UK£113.2bUK£21.4bUK£3.2b30.3x35.6x5.3x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024UK£114.6bUK£21.3bUK£3.1b30.7x37.5x5.4x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024UK£112.2bUK£21.4bUK£3.1b31.5x36.5x5.2x
Sat, 11 May 2024UK£110.1bUK£21.3bUK£3.0b33.8x37.2x5.2x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024UK£106.1bUK£21.2bUK£3.0b30.4x35.8x5x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024UK£107.8bUK£21.2bUK£3.0b26.7x36.5x5.1x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024UK£105.3bUK£21.6bUK£2.9b24.4x35.8x4.9x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023UK£100.8bUK£21.6bUK£2.9b24x34.3x4.7x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023UK£96.6bUK£21.6bUK£3.1b21.8x31.4x4.5x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023UK£87.9bUK£21.7bUK£2.9b21.7x30.4x4.1x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023UK£89.7bUK£21.7bUK£2.9b22.2x31.2x4.1x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023UK£83.8bUK£21.3bUK£2.9b18.9x29.3x3.9x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023UK£88.1bUK£20.5bUK£2.7b18.6x32.4x4.3x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023UK£89.8bUK£20.5bUK£2.7b19.7x32.9x4.4x
Sun, 14 May 2023UK£85.0bUK£20.5bUK£2.9b19.5x29.1x4.1x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023UK£86.8bUK£20.5bUK£2.9b20x29.9x4.2x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023UK£87.5bUK£20.9bUK£3.0b20.1x29.6x4.2x
Sat, 04 Feb 2023UK£89.4bUK£19.8bUK£2.9b20.6x30.8x4.5x
Mon, 02 Jan 2023UK£82.2bUK£19.3bUK£2.9b19.4x28.3x4.3x
Wed, 30 Nov 2022UK£82.1bUK£19.3bUK£2.9b18.6x28.4x4.2x
Fri, 28 Oct 2022UK£81.3bUK£19.3bUK£3.1b18.1x26.5x4.2x
Sun, 25 Sep 2022UK£77.4bUK£19.6bUK£3.1b19x24.7x3.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

24.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£77.4bTotal Earnings: UK£3.1bTotal Revenue: UK£19.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Research and Consulting Services Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 34.2x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Research and Consulting Services 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 34.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 5.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Research and Consulting Services industry have grown 2.0% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 2.9% 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. Research and Consulting Services compare with similar industries?

GB Market-0.078%
Industrials1.53%
Professional Services0.82%
Research and Consulting Services0.96%
HR Services-7.09%
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
REL RELXUK£34.503.4%
+UK£2.0b		-3.9%PE32.7x
DATA GlobalDataUK£1.502.7%
+UK£30.4m		-27.5%PE74.6x
ELIX Elixirr InternationalUK£8.147.1%
+UK£25.9m		30.0%PE23.9x
MHA MhaUK£1.494.9%
+UK£19.0m		n/aPE7.2x
KEYS Keystone Law GroupUK£6.206.2%
+UK£11.4m		-1.6%PE23x

Latest News

FNTL
UK£2.20
Fintel
7D
-4.3%
1Y
-25.4%
MHA
UK£1.49
Mha
7D
4.9%
1Y
n/a
ITRK
UK£46.48
Intertek Group
7D
-0.3%
1Y
-7.9%

Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) Knows How To Allocate Capital

Sep 17
Intertek Group (LON:ITRK) Knows How To Allocate Capital
KGH
UK£1.71
Knights Group Holdings
7D
4.6%
1Y
25.7%
DATA
UK£1.50
GlobalData
7D
2.7%
1Y
-27.5%
DSW
UK£0.55
DSW Capital
7D
-6.8%
1Y
-6.8%
REL
UK£34.50
RELX
7D
3.4%
1Y
-3.9%

RELX (LON:REL) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet

Sep 04
RELX (LON:REL) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
EXPN
UK£37.77
Experian
7D
-3.0%
1Y
-0.4%
GTLY
UK£1.39
Gateley (Holdings)
7D
4.5%
1Y
2.2%
WIL
UK£3.44
Wilmington
7D
-1.7%
1Y
-10.2%
SAG
UK£5.50
Science Group
7D
-1.8%
1Y
13.6%
AMCO
UK£1.17
Amcomri Group
7D
-9.3%
1Y
n/a
BEG
UK£1.22
Begbies Traynor Group
7D
3.4%
1Y
19.6%

Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Begbies Traynor Group's (LON:BEG) Earnings Are

Aug 20
Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good Begbies Traynor Group's (LON:BEG) Earnings Are
KEYS
UK£6.20
Keystone Law Group
7D
6.2%
1Y
-1.6%
ELIX
UK£8.14
Elixirr International
7D
7.1%
1Y
30.0%
RWS
UK£0.88
RWS Holdings
7D
-1.9%
1Y
-46.0%

We Think RWS Holdings' (LON:RWS) Solid Earnings Are Understated

Jun 27
We Think RWS Holdings' (LON:RWS) Solid Earnings Are Understated