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U.K. (FTSE) Professional Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 10, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies37
  • 7D3.2%
  • 3M2.0%
  • 1Y-29.1%
  • YTD-13.3%

In the last week, the Professional Services industry is up 3.2%, with RELX up 5.2%. During this same period, the GlobalData underperformed, falling 9.0%. However, the industry is down 29% over the past year. 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
Thu, 11 Jun 2026UK£83.0bUK£36.4bUK£3.4b17.5x24.3x2.3x
Sat, 09 May 2026UK£80.3bUK£35.9bUK£3.3b17.9x24.4x2.2x
Mon, 06 Apr 2026UK£78.9bUK£36.1bUK£3.3b16.3x23.8x2.2x
Wed, 04 Mar 2026UK£82.1bUK£36.0bUK£3.5b18.2x23.3x2.3x
Fri, 30 Jan 2026UK£84.5bUK£35.8bUK£3.3b20.9x25.3x2.4x
Sun, 28 Dec 2025UK£99.3bUK£36.0bUK£3.4b19.9x29.4x2.8x
Tue, 25 Nov 2025UK£99.8bUK£36.2bUK£3.5b20.2x28.3x2.8x
Thu, 23 Oct 2025UK£110.4bUK£35.5bUK£3.3b22.4x33.4x3.1x
Sat, 20 Sep 2025UK£112.1bUK£36.1bUK£3.4b22x33.4x3.1x
Mon, 18 Aug 2025UK£113.2bUK£36.2bUK£3.4b20.7x33.8x3.1x
Wed, 16 Jul 2025UK£124.8bUK£36.7bUK£3.5b22.2x36x3.4x
Fri, 13 Jun 2025UK£121.4bUK£36.6bUK£3.4b22.2x35.6x3.3x
Sun, 11 May 2025UK£124.1bUK£36.5bUK£3.4b23.4x36.1x3.4x
Tue, 08 Apr 2025UK£106.2bUK£36.7bUK£3.5b19.6x30.8x2.9x
Thu, 06 Mar 2025UK£119.7bUK£37.5bUK£3.4b26.4x35.1x3.2x
Sat, 01 Feb 2025UK£130.0bUK£37.8bUK£3.4b28.6x38.7x3.4x
Mon, 30 Dec 2024UK£115.4bUK£37.8bUK£3.4b23.7x34.3x3.1x
Wed, 27 Nov 2024UK£120.1bUK£37.8bUK£3.3b24.4x36.9x3.2x
Fri, 25 Oct 2024UK£118.5bUK£37.5bUK£3.2b22.4x36.6x3.2x
Sun, 22 Sep 2024UK£119.7bUK£37.3bUK£3.2b24.3x37.2x3.2x
Tue, 20 Aug 2024UK£118.0bUK£38.0bUK£3.3b21.8x35.4x3.1x
Thu, 18 Jul 2024UK£115.1bUK£38.4bUK£3.1b19.1x37x3x
Sat, 15 Jun 2024UK£118.4bUK£38.5bUK£3.1b19.5x37.7x3.1x
Mon, 13 May 2024UK£115.0bUK£38.4bUK£3.0b19.1x38x3x
Wed, 10 Apr 2024UK£111.0bUK£38.4bUK£3.0b22.6x36.8x2.9x
Fri, 08 Mar 2024UK£113.3bUK£40.4bUK£3.0b20.4x37.2x2.8x
Sun, 04 Feb 2024UK£111.0bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b20.8x33.2x2.7x
Tue, 02 Jan 2024UK£106.6bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b22.3x32x2.6x
Thu, 30 Nov 2023UK£101.3bUK£41.7bUK£3.5b17.7x29.3x2.4x
Sat, 28 Oct 2023UK£91.0bUK£41.8bUK£3.3b16.9x27.6x2.2x
Mon, 25 Sep 2023UK£95.0bUK£41.7bUK£3.3b18.9x29x2.3x
Wed, 23 Aug 2023UK£88.8bUK£41.2bUK£3.3b17.3x27.1x2.2x
Fri, 21 Jul 2023UK£93.8bUK£39.6bUK£3.3b16.2x28.6x2.4x
Sun, 18 Jun 2023UK£95.4bUK£39.6bUK£3.3b17.2x29.1x2.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

29.1x


Total Market Cap: UK£95.4bTotal Earnings: UK£3.3bTotal Revenue: UK£39.6bTotal 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 24.3x 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 2.7% 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-1.85%
Industrials-0.73%
Professional Services3.24%
Research and Consulting Services3.37%
HR Services0.73%
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£25.484.6%
+UK£2.0b		-34.9%PE21.7x
EXPN ExperianUK£25.561.4%
+UK£313.3m		-32.4%PE20.4x
ITRK Intertek GroupUK£54.652.9%
+UK£237.9m		13.2%PE24.4x
HAS HaysUK£0.356.1%
+UK£32.3m		-51.3%PS0.09x
PAGE PageGroupUK£1.222.9%
+UK£10.9m		-56.0%PE42.1x

Latest News

PAGE
UK£1.22
PageGroup
7D
2.9%
1Y
-56.0%
GTLY
UK£0.56
Gateley (Holdings)
7D
-15.7%
1Y
-56.4%
EXPN
UK£25.56
Experian
7D
1.4%
1Y
-32.4%
Narrative Update • Jun 08

EXPN: AI And Data Expansion Will Support Future Upside Despite Lower Multiple

Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for Experian, reflecting a reduced price target from £4,550 to £4,000 as they factor in a slightly lower assumed P/E multiple, along with modest adjustments to growth and margin assumptions. What's in the News Experian launched the Experian Loans ChatGPT application, allowing consumers to explore personal loan options within ChatGPT using Experian’s lender network, marketplace infrastructure and real lender criteria.
REL
UK£25.48
RELX
7D
4.6%
1Y
-34.9%
Narrative Update • Jun 06

REL: AI Moat And Buybacks Will Support Future Earnings Multiple

Narrative Update: RELX Analyst Price Target Shift The updated analyst fair value estimate for RELX has edged down from about £36.18 to £35.80 as analysts balance slightly higher discount rate assumptions with relatively steady growth, margin, and P/E expectations, following recent research that highlights both AI related risks and support from new AI products. Analyst Commentary Recent research on RELX shows a mix of optimism around AI driven products and caution about how AI related risks are perceived and priced into the stock.
CPI
UK£3.54
Capita
7D
-3.8%
1Y
36.2%
ELIX
UK£7.02
Elixirr International
7D
-3.6%
1Y
-7.6%
STEM
UK£1.68
SThree
7D
1.7%
1Y
-32.7%
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.
RWS
UK£1.03
RWS Holdings
7D
-2.7%
1Y
13.2%
KEYS
UK£5.36
Keystone Law Group
7D
-5.0%
1Y
-13.3%
HAS
UK£0.35
Hays
7D
6.1%
1Y
-51.3%
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£54.65
Intertek Group
7D
2.9%
1Y
13.2%
FNTL
UK£1.75
Fintel
7D
-4.6%
1Y
-35.1%
PPHC
UK£8.00
Public Policy Holding Company
7D
-3.0%
1Y
15.9%
WIL
UK£2.66
Wilmington
7D
2.3%
1Y
-24.0%
DATA
UK£0.93
GlobalData
7D
-8.4%
1Y
-40.1%
STAF
UK£0.42
Staffline Group
7D
2.4%
1Y
-3.2%