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U.K. (FTSE) Professional Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 06, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies37
  • 7D4.4%
  • 3M0.9%
  • 1Y-29.4%
  • YTD-13.0%

The Professional Services industry is up 4.4% in the last week, with RELX up 6.8%. Meanwhile, Capita actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 7.2% in the last week. In contrast, the industry has lost 29% in the last 12 months. 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
Sat, 06 Jun 2026UK£83.5bUK£36.4bUK£3.4b18x24.5x2.3x
Mon, 04 May 2026UK£111.2bUK£36.0bUK£3.3b18.2x33.7x3.1x
Wed, 01 Apr 2026UK£77.7bUK£33.7bUK£3.5b16.2x22.3x2.3x
Fri, 27 Feb 2026UK£83.3bUK£36.0bUK£3.5b20.5x23.8x2.3x
Sun, 25 Jan 2026UK£93.7bUK£36.0bUK£3.4b20.5x27.9x2.6x
Tue, 23 Dec 2025UK£99.6bUK£36.0bUK£3.4b19.7x29.4x2.8x
Thu, 20 Nov 2025UK£98.2bUK£36.0bUK£3.5b20.5x28.3x2.7x
Sat, 18 Oct 2025UK£106.7bUK£35.5bUK£3.3b21.4x32.4x3x
Mon, 15 Sep 2025UK£112.0bUK£36.0bUK£3.4b21.9x33.4x3.1x
Wed, 13 Aug 2025UK£113.1bUK£36.3bUK£3.4b21.3x33.6x3.1x
Fri, 11 Jul 2025UK£123.9bUK£36.7bUK£3.5b22.4x35.9x3.4x
Sun, 08 Jun 2025UK£122.3bUK£36.6bUK£3.4b23.1x35.8x3.3x
Tue, 06 May 2025UK£125.7bUK£36.5bUK£3.4b22.7x36.6x3.4x
Thu, 03 Apr 2025UK£120.2bUK£36.6bUK£3.4b23.3x35x3.3x
Sat, 01 Mar 2025UK£121.1bUK£37.7bUK£3.4b27.2x35.8x3.2x
Mon, 27 Jan 2025UK£126.1bUK£37.9bUK£3.4b28.6x37.5x3.3x
Wed, 25 Dec 2024UK£115.2bUK£37.8bUK£3.4b23.8x34.2x3x
Fri, 22 Nov 2024UK£117.1bUK£37.8bUK£3.3b23.3x36x3.1x
Sun, 20 Oct 2024UK£121.4bUK£37.4bUK£3.2b22x37.5x3.2x
Tue, 17 Sep 2024UK£119.7bUK£37.4bUK£3.2b25.9x37.3x3.2x
Thu, 15 Aug 2024UK£117.9bUK£38.1bUK£3.3b21.6x35.3x3.1x
Sat, 13 Jul 2024UK£118.8bUK£38.4bUK£3.1b18.6x38.1x3.1x
Mon, 10 Jun 2024UK£117.9bUK£38.6bUK£3.1b20x37.5x3.1x
Wed, 08 May 2024UK£113.2bUK£38.4bUK£3.0b19.3x37.4x2.9x
Fri, 05 Apr 2024UK£111.2bUK£38.4bUK£3.0b23x36.8x2.9x
Sun, 03 Mar 2024UK£112.6bUK£40.7bUK£3.2b19.3x34.8x2.8x
Tue, 30 Jan 2024UK£111.6bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b21.6x33.5x2.7x
Thu, 28 Dec 2023UK£106.3bUK£41.6bUK£3.3b22.3x32x2.6x
Sat, 25 Nov 2023UK£101.5bUK£41.7bUK£3.5b17.3x29.2x2.4x
Mon, 23 Oct 2023UK£94.5bUK£41.8bUK£3.3b17.2x28.7x2.3x
Wed, 20 Sep 2023UK£95.4bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b19.7x29.2x2.3x
Fri, 18 Aug 2023UK£89.5bUK£41.1bUK£3.3b17.8x27.3x2.2x
Sun, 16 Jul 2023UK£92.8bUK£39.5bUK£3.3b16.2x28.4x2.3x
Tue, 13 Jun 2023UK£93.5bUK£39.7bUK£3.3b16.6x28.4x2.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

28.4x


Total Market Cap: UK£93.5bTotal Earnings: UK£3.3bTotal Revenue: UK£39.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Professional Services Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 32.5x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Professional 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 24.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 32.5x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.8x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Professional Services industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 2.8% per year.
  • This means that the cost of doing business could be reducing since sales have declined but profits have remained steady.

Industry Trends

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

GB Market-0.73%
Industrials-1.81%
Professional Services4.37%
Research and Consulting Services4.47%
HR Services2.71%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Research and Consulting Services industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 32.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 9.7%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 16.0% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the HR Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 69% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 3.2% per year.
  • In contrast, the Research and Consulting Services industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 9.7% 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
REL RELXUK£26.166.8%
+UK£2.9b		-34.2%PE22.4x
EXPN ExperianUK£26.201.8%
+UK£420.8m		-30.5%PE20.8x
ITRK Intertek GroupUK£54.552.5%
+UK£207.2m		15.0%PE24.4x
HAS HaysUK£0.355.2%
+UK£27.5m		-50.6%PS0.09x
WIL WilmingtonUK£2.605.3%
+UK£11.6m		-26.8%PE21.1x

Latest News

CPI
UK£3.70
Capita
7D
-7.2%
1Y
50.7%
EXPN
UK£26.20
Experian
7D
1.8%
1Y
-30.5%
GTLY
UK£0.60
Gateley (Holdings)
7D
-10.7%
1Y
-53.3%
ELIX
UK£7.04
Elixirr International
7D
-4.3%
1Y
-10.4%
STEM
UK£1.70
SThree
7D
2.2%
1Y
-26.9%
New Narrative • Jun 04

Every Staffing Stock Is Being Sold. SThree Is the Only One That Benefits From the Thing Killing the Others

════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ STHREE PLC (LSE: STEM) — INVESTMENT THESIS The market is confusing a cyclical trough with structural decline ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Current price: 165p | Price target: 490p | Upside: +197% Bear case floor: 280p | Bull case: 720p Analysis date: June 2026 | Horizon: 24–36 months ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ KEY METRICS AT A GLANCE ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Net Fees FY25: £323m Net Cash: £68m Contract (recurring): 84% Normalised EPS: ~40p STEM market share: ~2% Normalised EV/EBITDA: 1.8x Operating countries: 11 P/E on norm. earnings: 4.1x ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ I.
PAGE
UK£1.23
PageGroup
7D
0.7%
1Y
-54.4%
Narrative Update • Jun 04

PAGE: Recent Downgrade And Earnings Reset Will Set Up Future Recovery

Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for PageGroup from £1.82 to £1.63, citing updated assumptions for discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E following recent Street research, including the latest downgrade at Citi. What's in the News No recent company specific news items for PageGroup were identified in the provided sources.
RWS
UK£1.04
RWS Holdings
7D
-3.5%
1Y
27.4%
REL
UK£26.16
RELX
7D
6.8%
1Y
-34.2%
KGH
UK£1.90
Knights Group Holdings
7D
-2.6%
1Y
19.9%
Narrative Update • May 28

KGH: Revenue Guidance And Lower Discount Rate Will Support Future Rerating

Analysts have slightly raised their fair value estimate for Knights Group Holdings from £2.52 to £2.54 to reflect updated assumptions for revenue growth, discount rate, profit margin and future P/E in their price target calculations. What's in the News Management issued revenue guidance for the year ending 30 April 2026, with the group anticipating full-year revenue of £207 million, compared with £162 million for FY25 (Corporate Guidance).
HAS
UK£0.35
Hays
7D
5.2%
1Y
-50.6%
Narrative Update • May 27

HAS: Recent Downgrade And New CEO Appointment Will Support Earnings Recovery

Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Hays from £0.47 to £0.42. This reflects lower price targets after recent research updates that point to softer revenue trends, slightly weaker profit margins and a modestly higher required return, even as future P/E expectations remain broadly similar.
ITRK
UK£54.55
Intertek Group
7D
2.5%
1Y
15.0%
BTG
UK£1.27
BTG Consulting
7D
5.0%
1Y
22.1%
PPHC
UK£8.40
Public Policy Holding Company
7D
-3.4%
1Y
22.6%
MHA
UK£1.47
Mha
7D
-1.7%
1Y
22.1%
WIL
UK£2.60
Wilmington
7D
5.3%
1Y
-26.8%
DATA
UK£1.03
GlobalData
7D
-3.4%
1Y
-40.1%