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U.K. (FTSE) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedDec 03, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies191
  • 7D2.7%
  • 3M5.2%
  • 1Y-18.7%
  • YTD-19.7%

In the last week, the Materials industry is up 2.7%, with En+ Group International up . In the past year, the industry is down 19%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 4.0% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Materials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 03 Dec 2023UK£247.4bUK£348.8bUK£29.3b9.9x8.4x0.7x
Tue, 31 Oct 2023UK£234.2bUK£361.2bUK£30.2b9.9x7.8x0.6x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023UK£266.4bUK£389.9bUK£32.6b9.8x8.2x0.7x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023UK£257.4bUK£379.7bUK£32.3b10.1x8x0.7x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023UK£279.6bUK£398.4bUK£43.2b10x6.5x0.7x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023UK£273.1bUK£400.4bUK£43.3b10.2x6.3x0.7x
Fri, 19 May 2023UK£268.7bUK£409.0bUK£44.3b10.1x6.1x0.7x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023UK£292.9bUK£408.0bUK£44.4b10x6.6x0.7x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023UK£288.6bUK£415.0bUK£45.7b9.2x6.3x0.7x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023UK£322.1bUK£415.2bUK£51.0b10.1x6.3x0.8x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023UK£317.8bUK£415.2bUK£51.0b9.7x6.2x0.8x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022UK£305.8bUK£409.0bUK£50.3b9.2x6.1x0.7x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022UK£272.8bUK£432.2bUK£52.7b8x5.2x0.6x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022UK£265.1bUK£445.9bUK£54.4b7.8x4.9x0.6x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022UK£280.2bUK£422.3bUK£52.4b9.8x5.3x0.7x
Tue, 26 Jul 2022UK£262.0bUK£385.0bUK£46.7b10.7x5.6x0.7x
Thu, 23 Jun 2022UK£272.9bUK£378.2bUK£46.0b10.8x5.9x0.7x
Sat, 21 May 2022UK£274.3bUK£349.7bUK£43.4b11.2x6.3x0.8x
Mon, 18 Apr 2022UK£310.5bUK£336.7bUK£42.0b11.6x7.4x0.9x
Wed, 16 Mar 2022UK£271.4bUK£364.0bUK£52.4b10.5x5.2x0.7x
Fri, 11 Feb 2022UK£371.7bUK£315.7bUK£44.5b11.6x8.3x1.2x
Sun, 09 Jan 2022UK£360.8bUK£314.4bUK£43.9b13.3x8.2x1.1x
Tue, 07 Dec 2021UK£337.2bUK£319.4bUK£44.5b12.6x7.6x1.1x
Thu, 04 Nov 2021UK£342.7bUK£310.6bUK£43.7b13x7.8x1.1x
Sat, 02 Oct 2021UK£338.1bUK£308.9bUK£41.5b12.5x8.1x1.1x
Mon, 30 Aug 2021UK£365.8bUK£304.6bUK£40.8b16.7x9x1.2x
Tue, 06 Jul 2021UK£368.7bUK£304.6bUK£40.8b15.3x9x1.2x
Fri, 09 Apr 2021UK£350.9bUK£280.0bUK£28.7b18.1x12.2x1.3x
Thu, 31 Dec 2020UK£330.8bUK£258.9bUK£17.4b18.1x19x1.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

19.4x


Total Market Cap: UK£295.2bTotal Earnings: UK£15.2bTotal Revenue: UK£277.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 8.9x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Materials 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 8.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.96x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have grown 24% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.9% 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. Materials sector?

GB Market0.38%
Materials2.66%
Paper and Forestry Products5.71%
Packaging5.07%
Metals and Mining2.75%
Basic Materials2.00%
Chemicals-0.94%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 31.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 22.8%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 7.6% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Metals and Mining industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 8.1x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 23% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 7.6% per year.
  • In contrast, the Packaging industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 3.8% 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
ENPL En+ Group InternationalUS$9.30n/a
US$4.7b		-8.8%PE2.2x
RIO Rio Tinto GroupUK£55.992.1%
+UK£1.9b		0.3%PE13.4x
AAL Anglo AmericanUK£23.114.3%
+UK£1.1b		-29.9%PE17x
GLEN GlencoreUK£4.582.1%
+UK£1.1b		-18.0%PE7.2x
EVR EVRAZUK£0.81n/a
UK£1.2b		-86.2%PE0.4x
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RIO

UK£55.99

Rio Tinto Group

7D

2.1%

1Y

0.3%

SOLG

UK£0.085

SolGold

7D

-4.4%

1Y

-54.6%

FRES

UK£5.93

Fresnillo

7D

12.2%

1Y

-33.8%

ANTO

UK£14.96

Antofagasta

7D

5.6%

1Y

4.3%

VCT

UK£14.63

Victrex

7D

-3.4%

1Y

-18.9%

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HILS

UK£18.30

Hill & Smith

7D

-1.8%

1Y

53.3%

CRDA

UK£44.80

Croda International

7D

-1.7%

1Y

-35.8%

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Nov 21
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ECOR

UK£0.90

Ecora Resources

7D

-5.1%

1Y

-37.2%

Ecora Resources (LON:ECOR) Has A Somewhat Strained Balance Sheet

Nov 21
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GLEN

UK£4.58

Glencore

7D

2.1%

1Y

-18.0%

Does Glencore (LON:GLEN) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Nov 19
Does Glencore (LON:GLEN) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

MNDI

UK£14.43

Mondi

7D

6.0%

1Y

-7.4%

Mondi (LON:MNDI) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

Nov 18
Mondi (LON:MNDI) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

AAL

UK£23.11

Anglo American

7D

4.3%

1Y

-29.9%

FXPO

UK£0.74

Ferrexpo

7D

-7.6%

1Y

-51.1%

ESNT

UK£1.53

Essentra

7D

-3.8%

1Y

-39.0%

IBST

UK£1.33

Ibstock

7D

-3.5%

1Y

-16.9%

EVR

UK£0.81

EVRAZ

7D

n/a

1Y

-86.2%

ENPL

US$9.30

En+ Group International

7D

n/a

1Y

-8.8%