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U.K. (FTSE) Electronic Equipment and Instruments Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 19, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies20
  • 7D4.3%
  • 3M-14.7%
  • 1Y-8.2%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the Electronic Equipment and Instruments industry is up 2.9%, with Halma up 5.1%. In the same time, Renishaw was down 6.9%. However, the industry is down 8.4% over the past year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 8.2% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Electronic Equipment and Instruments Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 19 Apr 2025UK£15.3bUK£5.0bUK£661.8m17.1x23.2x3.1x
Mon, 17 Mar 2025UK£16.8bUK£5.0bUK£660.7m19.6x25.4x3.3x
Wed, 12 Feb 2025UK£18.8bUK£5.0bUK£699.5m21.9x26.9x3.7x
Fri, 10 Jan 2025UK£17.5bUK£5.0bUK£699.7m22.1x25x3.5x
Sun, 08 Dec 2024UK£17.5bUK£5.0bUK£699.9m23.2x25.1x3.5x
Tue, 05 Nov 2024UK£16.5bUK£4.9bUK£684.9m24.2x24x3.4x
Thu, 03 Oct 2024UK£17.3bUK£4.9bUK£688.8m25.6x25.2x3.6x
Sat, 31 Aug 2024UK£17.6bUK£4.8bUK£690.5m26.3x25.5x3.6x
Mon, 29 Jul 2024UK£17.8bUK£4.9bUK£558.3m27.4x31.9x3.6x
Wed, 26 Jun 2024UK£18.1bUK£4.9bUK£557.9m28.1x32.4x3.7x
Fri, 24 May 2024UK£17.3bUK£4.8bUK£535.9m26.2x32.2x3.6x
Sun, 21 Apr 2024UK£16.0bUK£4.8bUK£516.8m21.9x31x3.4x
Tue, 19 Mar 2024UK£16.4bUK£4.8bUK£531.0m23x31x3.4x
Thu, 15 Feb 2024UK£16.6bUK£4.8bUK£521.9m30.5x31.8x3.5x
Sat, 13 Jan 2024UK£16.3bUK£4.8bUK£542.2m24.3x30.1x3.4x
Mon, 11 Dec 2023UK£16.0bUK£4.8bUK£542.2m23.5x29.5x3.3x
Wed, 08 Nov 2023UK£14.3bUK£4.7bUK£538.9m22.4x26.5x3x
Fri, 06 Oct 2023UK£14.6bUK£4.7bUK£541.4m23x27.1x3.1x
Sun, 03 Sep 2023UK£15.9bUK£4.7bUK£538.4m26.2x29.6x3.4x
Tue, 01 Aug 2023UK£16.9bUK£4.7bUK£542.3m25.5x31.2x3.6x
Thu, 29 Jun 2023UK£17.0bUK£4.6bUK£518.6m29.5x32.9x3.7x
Sat, 27 May 2023UK£17.8bUK£4.3bUK£493.6m30.6x36.1x4.1x
Mon, 24 Apr 2023UK£17.3bUK£4.3bUK£494.5m31.1x35x4x
Wed, 22 Mar 2023UK£16.5bUK£4.3bUK£493.3m31.1x33.5x3.8x
Fri, 17 Feb 2023UK£16.9bUK£4.3bUK£573.7m25.1x29.5x3.9x
Sun, 15 Jan 2023UK£16.2bUK£4.3bUK£577.3m27x28.1x3.8x
Tue, 13 Dec 2022UK£15.9bUK£4.3bUK£577.8m22.5x27.6x3.7x
Thu, 10 Nov 2022UK£16.8bUK£4.2bUK£598.5m22x28.1x4x
Sat, 08 Oct 2022UK£15.1bUK£4.1bUK£600.4m21.4x25.2x3.7x
Mon, 05 Sep 2022UK£15.1bUK£4.1bUK£603.8m20.5x25.1x3.7x
Wed, 03 Aug 2022UK£16.5bUK£4.1bUK£603.6m22.6x27.3x4x
Fri, 01 Jul 2022UK£14.8bUK£4.0bUK£749.5m20.2x19.8x3.7x
Sun, 29 May 2022UK£16.7bUK£3.9bUK£769.7m22.4x21.7x4.2x
Tue, 26 Apr 2022UK£17.3bUK£3.9bUK£770.1m17.9x22.4x4.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

22.4x


Total Market Cap: UK£17.3bTotal Earnings: UK£770.1mTotal Revenue: UK£3.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Electronic Equipment and Instruments Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 28.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Electronic Equipment and Instruments 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 23.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 28.7x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 3.7x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 3.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Electronic Equipment and Instruments industry have declined 4.9% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 8.5% 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. Electronic Equipment and Instruments compare with similar industries?

GB Market3.99%
Tech3.31%
Electronic Equipment and Components4.03%
Electronic Equipment and Instruments4.25%
Electronic Components0.39%
Technology Distributors-3.08%
Electronic Manufacturing Services-3.85%
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
HLMA HalmaUK£26.565.1%
+UK£491.0m		20.7%PE35x
OXIG Oxford InstrumentsUK£17.2810.1%
+UK£91.8m		-17.1%PE19.1x
BIG Big TechnologiesUK£0.8019.1%
+UK£36.9m		-48.8%PE18.4x
SNX SynecticsUK£3.3020.0%
+UK£9.3m		76.0%PE17.5x
SEE Seeing MachinesUK£0.0195.6%
+UK£4.8m		-55.7%PS1.8x
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SEE

UK£0.019

Seeing Machines

7D

5.6%

1Y

-55.7%

RSW

UK£21.50

Renishaw

7D

-6.9%

1Y

-46.7%

SNX

UK£3.30

Synectics

7D

20.0%

1Y

76.0%

OXIG

UK£17.28

Oxford Instruments

7D

10.1%

1Y

-17.1%

SXS

UK£19.87

Spectris

7D

-4.7%

1Y

-37.2%

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BIG

UK£0.80

Big Technologies

7D

19.1%

1Y

-48.8%

QUBE

UK£0.26

Quantum Base Holdings

7D

8.5%

1Y

n/a

SDI

UK£0.52

SDI Group

7D

4.0%

1Y

-6.1%

CSSG

UK£0.85

Croma Security Solutions Group

7D

-1.2%

1Y

24.8%

WSG

UK£0.019

Westminster Group

7D

14.7%

1Y

-33.9%

HLMA

UK£26.56

Halma

7D

5.1%

1Y

20.7%

ONDO

UK£0.34

Ondo InsurTech

7D

-4.3%

1Y

98.8%