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U.K. (FTSE) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 19, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies162
  • 7D1.7%
  • 3M1.8%
  • 1Y1.2%
  • YTD4.4%

The Materials industry is up 1.7% in the last week, with Rio Tinto Group up 2.6%. Meanwhile, Greatland Gold actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 6.4% in the last week. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 24% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 20 Feb 2025UK£213.9bUK£289.0bUK£8.8b15.3x24.2x0.7x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025UK£223.4bUK£305.1bUK£9.4b15.2x23.8x0.7x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024UK£218.7bUK£295.6bUK£9.1b16.1x24x0.7x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024UK£215.2bUK£295.5bUK£8.9b17.2x24.3x0.7x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024UK£229.9bUK£289.5bUK£8.7b18.4x26.5x0.8x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024UK£205.0bUK£287.9bUK£8.7b14.6x23.7x0.7x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024UK£220.2bUK£287.7bUK£12.6b14.3x17.5x0.8x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024UK£244.3bUK£288.3bUK£13.7b15.6x17.8x0.8x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024UK£250.6bUK£289.6bUK£13.6b17.4x18.4x0.9x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024UK£249.6bUK£296.0bUK£14.0b15.1x17.8x0.8x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024UK£222.3bUK£293.6bUK£14.0b13x15.8x0.8x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024UK£215.4bUK£295.6bUK£15.7b10.6x13.8x0.7x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024UK£232.1bUK£348.2bUK£29.3b10.3x7.9x0.7x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023UK£247.9bUK£349.7bUK£29.4b10.5x8.4x0.7x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023UK£243.7bUK£355.6bUK£29.8b10.3x8.2x0.7x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023UK£267.9bUK£389.9bUK£32.6b10.3x8.2x0.7x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023UK£258.9bUK£382.2bUK£32.2b10.3x8x0.7x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023UK£268.9bUK£396.1bUK£37.6b9.9x7.1x0.7x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023UK£261.3bUK£401.6bUK£43.5b9.7x6x0.7x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023UK£270.5bUK£408.3bUK£44.2b10.4x6.1x0.7x
Tue, 02 May 2023UK£276.4bUK£404.0bUK£43.9b10.3x6.3x0.7x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023UK£285.1bUK£411.3bUK£44.8b10.1x6.4x0.7x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023UK£297.5bUK£421.4bUK£46.6b10x6.4x0.7x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023UK£329.9bUK£406.4bUK£50.0b10x6.6x0.8x
Wed, 21 Dec 2022UK£301.4bUK£412.9bUK£50.7b9.4x5.9x0.7x
Fri, 18 Nov 2022UK£294.5bUK£423.1bUK£51.6b8.6x5.7x0.7x
Sun, 16 Oct 2022UK£261.4bUK£439.5bUK£53.6b7.9x4.9x0.6x
Tue, 13 Sep 2022UK£281.4bUK£424.7bUK£52.7b9.4x5.3x0.7x
Thu, 11 Aug 2022UK£285.4bUK£408.5bUK£51.0b10.5x5.6x0.7x
Sat, 09 Jul 2022UK£257.4bUK£370.6bUK£44.5b10.4x5.8x0.7x
Mon, 06 Jun 2022UK£313.3bUK£372.3bUK£45.3b11.5x6.9x0.8x
Wed, 04 May 2022UK£280.3bUK£348.5bUK£43.3b11.5x6.5x0.8x
Fri, 01 Apr 2022UK£318.8bUK£362.4bUK£52.2b11.3x6.1x0.9x
Sun, 27 Feb 2022UK£345.9bUK£355.4bUK£51.4b10.6x6.7x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

6.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£345.9bTotal Earnings: UK£51.4bTotal Revenue: UK£355.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Materials industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 24.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 11.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.78x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have declined 43% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 6.3% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Materials sector?

GB Market-0.17%
Materials1.69%
Paper and Forestry Products3.82%
Chemicals2.76%
Metals and Mining1.59%
Basic Materials1.27%
Packaging-2.17%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Metals and Mining industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 11.3x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 24.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 13.0% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Packaging industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 74% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Paper and Forestry Products industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 16% 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
RIO Rio Tinto GroupUK£50.360.7%
+UK£600.6m		-2.2%PE9.6x
ANTO AntofagastaUK£18.512.8%
+UK£502.8m		4.8%PE27.7x
MNDI MondiUK£12.752.0%
+UK£108.0m		-8.0%PE17.3x
CRDA Croda InternationalUK£31.721.3%
+UK£57.2m		-35.3%PE27.2x
FXPO FerrexpoUK£0.999.4%
+UK£50.0m		32.3%PS0.8x
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ANTO

UK£18.51

Antofagasta

7D

2.8%

1Y

4.8%

GLEN

UK£3.28

Glencore

7D

-3.9%

1Y

-15.1%

CRDA

UK£31.72

Croda International

7D

1.3%

1Y

-35.3%

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Feb 18
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RIO

UK£50.36

Rio Tinto Group

7D

0.7%

1Y

-2.2%

HOC

UK£1.89

Hochschild Mining

7D

-3.3%

1Y

114.4%

PAF

UK£0.35

Pan African Resources

7D

-4.1%

1Y

90.5%

JMAT

UK£14.45

Johnson Matthey

7D

-1.0%

1Y

-9.5%

MNDI

UK£12.75

Mondi

7D

2.0%

1Y

-8.0%

SRC

UK£0.82

SigmaRoc

7D

4.3%

1Y

26.1%

SigmaRoc's (LON:SRC) Returns On Capital Not Reflecting Well On The Business

Feb 07
SigmaRoc's (LON:SRC) Returns On Capital Not Reflecting Well On The Business

GGP

UK£0.082

Greatland Gold

7D

-3.0%

1Y

14.8%

AAL

UK£23.70

Anglo American

7D

-2.8%

1Y

38.0%

TET

UK£4.44

Treatt

7D

6.1%

1Y

6.0%

Treatt (LON:TET) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0581

Feb 05
Treatt (LON:TET) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.0581

EUA

UK£0.038

Eurasia Mining

7D

-28.7%

1Y

148.4%

FRES

UK£7.71

Fresnillo

7D

-2.7%

1Y

64.0%

FXPO

UK£0.99

Ferrexpo

7D

9.4%

1Y

32.3%

KP2

UK£0.026

Kore Potash

7D

23.8%

1Y

333.3%