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U.K. (FTSE) Precious Metals and Minerals Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D0.3%
  • 3M43.8%
  • 1Y63.3%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the Precious Metals and Minerals industry is up 3.0%, with all of the companies up. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 60%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 32% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Precious Metals and Minerals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 22 Apr 2025UK£7.9bUK£3.2bUK£12.8m31.7x619.9x2.4x
Thu, 20 Mar 2025UK£7.5bUK£3.3bUK£15.7m19.9x474.9x2.3x
Sat, 15 Feb 2025UK£6.4bUK£2.9bUK£139.6m22.8x45.6x2.2x
Mon, 13 Jan 2025UK£5.3bUK£3.0bUK£144.2m20.8x36.6x1.8x
Wed, 11 Dec 2024UK£5.4bUK£2.9bUK£134.9m23.4x40.1x1.9x
Fri, 08 Nov 2024UK£5.7bUK£2.8bUK£132.6m26.9x42.9x2x
Sun, 06 Oct 2024UK£5.1bUK£2.8bUK£123.5m24.2x41.4x1.8x
Tue, 03 Sep 2024UK£4.5bUK£2.7bUK£144.7m16.8x30.8x1.6x
Thu, 01 Aug 2024UK£5.0bUK£2.8bUK£147.6m18.1x33.7x1.8x
Sat, 29 Jun 2024UK£4.8bUK£2.7bUK£139.1m19.1x34.7x1.8x
Mon, 27 May 2024UK£5.1bUK£2.7bUK£137.8m20.9x37x1.9x
Wed, 24 Apr 2024UK£4.9bUK£2.8bUK£139.8m18.9x35x1.8x
Fri, 22 Mar 2024UK£3.9bUK£2.7bUK£137.4m15.2x28.4x1.4x
Sun, 18 Feb 2024UK£4.2bUK£2.6bUK£149.0m12.9x28x1.6x
Tue, 16 Jan 2024UK£4.6bUK£2.6bUK£139.7m15x32.9x1.8x
Thu, 14 Dec 2023UK£4.9bUK£2.7bUK£145.0m14.2x33.7x1.8x
Sat, 11 Nov 2023UK£4.4bUK£2.7bUK£149.1m10.6x29.5x1.6x
Mon, 09 Oct 2023UK£4.6bUK£2.7bUK£146.0m13.9x31.6x1.7x
Wed, 06 Sep 2023UK£4.9bUK£2.8bUK£215.0m13.8x23x1.7x
Fri, 04 Aug 2023UK£4.9bUK£2.8bUK£216.6m14x22.7x1.7x
Sun, 02 Jul 2023UK£5.3bUK£2.8bUK£265.2m18.2x20.1x1.9x
Tue, 30 May 2023UK£5.7bUK£2.8bUK£272.3m18x20.9x2x
Thu, 27 Apr 2023UK£6.4bUK£2.8bUK£269.8m20.9x23.6x2.3x
Sat, 25 Mar 2023UK£6.3bUK£2.9bUK£274.9m20.6x23.1x2.2x
Mon, 20 Feb 2023UK£7.0bUK£3.0bUK£304.4m14.7x22.9x2.3x
Wed, 18 Jan 2023UK£8.0bUK£2.9bUK£298.2m17.5x27x2.7x
Fri, 16 Dec 2022UK£7.4bUK£3.0bUK£300.6m15.5x24.5x2.5x
Sun, 13 Nov 2022UK£7.5bUK£3.1bUK£310.7m11.6x24.2x2.4x
Tue, 11 Oct 2022UK£49.1bUK£3.3bUK£334.4m8.1x146.7x15x
Thu, 08 Sep 2022UK£6.2bUK£3.1bUK£478.7m8.2x12.9x2x
Sat, 06 Aug 2022UK£6.4bUK£3.0bUK£463.8m8.6x13.8x2.2x
Mon, 04 Jul 2022UK£6.7bUK£3.1bUK£618.7m8.7x10.9x2.2x
Wed, 01 Jun 2022UK£7.0bUK£3.0bUK£598.3m9.6x11.8x2.4x
Fri, 29 Apr 2022UK£7.0bUK£3.0bUK£608.8m13.9x11.5x2.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

11.5x


Total Market Cap: UK£7.0bTotal Earnings: UK£608.8mTotal Revenue: UK£3.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Precious Metals and Minerals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 50.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Precious Metals and Minerals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 619x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 50.3x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.2x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Precious Metals and Minerals industry have declined 72% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 2.5% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Precious Metals and Minerals compare with similar industries?

GB Market1.77%
Materials0.81%
Metals and Mining0.82%
Precious Metals and Minerals0.26%
Gold2.87%
Copper1.53%
Steel1.23%
Diversified Metals and Mining0.69%
Aluminum0%0
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
SLP Sylvania PlatinumUK£0.502.0%
+UK£2.6m		-23.7%PE15.8x
JLP Jubilee Metals GroupUK£0.0321.6%
+UK£1.5m		-53.7%PE47.9x
VAST Vast ResourcesUK£0.00278.0%
+UK£521.7k		-37.2%PS21.2x
PDL Petra DiamondsUK£0.270.7%
+UK£388.4k		-34.8%PS0.2x
BOD Botswana DiamondsUK£0.0015.3%
+UK£59.9k		-69.2%PB0.2x
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JLP

UK£0.032

Jubilee Metals Group

7D

1.6%

1Y

-53.7%

FRES

UK£10.21

Fresnillo

7D

-3.5%

1Y

76.5%

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SRES

UK£0.00015

Sunrise Resources

7D

-6.3%

1Y

-68.1%

EUA

UK£0.043

Eurasia Mining

7D

-0.6%

1Y

188.3%

BOD

UK£0.001

Botswana Diamonds

7D

5.3%

1Y

-69.2%

GEMD

UK£0.076

Gem Diamonds

7D

-4.3%

1Y

-8.4%

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SLP

UK£0.50

Sylvania Platinum

7D

2.0%

1Y

-23.7%

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Mar 18
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PDL

UK£0.27

Petra Diamonds

7D

0.7%

1Y

-34.8%

VAST

UK£0.0027

Vast Resources

7D

8.0%

1Y

-37.2%