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U.K. (FTSE) IT Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 20, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D3.4%
  • 3M0.8%
  • 1Y-7.9%
  • YTD-2.5%

In the last week, the IT industry is up 3.4%, with Softcat up 3.7%. During this same period, the Beeks Financial Cloud Group underperformed, falling 5.1%. In contrast, the industry has lost 7.9% in the last 12 months. Earnings are forecast to grow by 14% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. IT Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 20 Apr 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.6bUK£330.6m20.4x23.5x0.8x
Tue, 18 Mar 2025UK£7.7bUK£9.0bUK£333.5m20.7x23x0.9x
Thu, 13 Feb 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.0bUK£333.3m21.6x24x0.9x
Sat, 11 Jan 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.0bUK£335.5m25.2x23.3x0.9x
Mon, 09 Dec 2024UK£8.4bUK£9.0bUK£337.2m28.3x25x0.9x
Wed, 06 Nov 2024UK£8.4bUK£9.0bUK£322.5m23.1x26.2x0.9x
Fri, 04 Oct 2024UK£10.7bUK£9.7bUK£292.4m24.3x36.5x1.1x
Sun, 01 Sep 2024UK£11.5bUK£10.1bUK£360.9m27.6x31.8x1.1x
Tue, 30 Jul 2024UK£11.4bUK£10.2bUK£384.5m26.9x29.7x1.1x
Thu, 27 Jun 2024UK£11.9bUK£10.2bUK£381.2m27.4x31.1x1.2x
Sat, 25 May 2024UK£11.8bUK£10.2bUK£380.7m29.1x31x1.2x
Mon, 22 Apr 2024UK£9.9bUK£10.4bUK£355.2m27.3x27.8x0.9x
Wed, 20 Mar 2024UK£10.8bUK£10.8bUK£348.4m27.7x30.9x1x
Fri, 16 Feb 2024UK£11.0bUK£10.8bUK£359.4m25.6x30.6x1x
Sun, 14 Jan 2024UK£10.6bUK£12.8bUK£376.4m25.6x28.1x0.8x
Tue, 12 Dec 2023UK£10.2bUK£12.8bUK£379.4m23.1x26.8x0.8x
Thu, 09 Nov 2023UK£10.7bUK£13.4bUK£379.9m24.9x28.3x0.8x
Sat, 07 Oct 2023UK£10.9bUK£13.4bUK£372.3m26.1x29.4x0.8x
Mon, 04 Sep 2023UK£10.9bUK£12.6bUK£389.7m28x28x0.9x
Wed, 02 Aug 2023UK£11.1bUK£12.5bUK£404.7m27x27.4x0.9x
Fri, 30 Jun 2023UK£10.9bUK£12.5bUK£425.7m25.9x25.6x0.9x
Sun, 28 May 2023UK£11.1bUK£12.5bUK£424.5m26.2x26.2x0.9x
Tue, 25 Apr 2023UK£11.6bUK£12.4bUK£422.7m24.6x27.5x0.9x
Thu, 23 Mar 2023UK£11.5bUK£13.2bUK£422.5m27.5x27.1x0.9x
Sat, 18 Feb 2023UK£38.8bUK£22.0bUK£1.8b28x21.1x1.8x
Mon, 16 Jan 2023UK£38.2bUK£21.9bUK£1.8b28.2x21.2x1.7x
Wed, 14 Dec 2022UK£38.3bUK£21.7bUK£1.8b28.3x21.9x1.8x
Fri, 11 Nov 2022UK£36.6bUK£21.6bUK£1.8b28.2x20.7x1.7x
Sun, 09 Oct 2022UK£34.2bUK£21.7bUK£1.7b25.6x20.4x1.6x
Tue, 06 Sep 2022UK£31.6bUK£20.8bUK£1.7b28.7x19.2x1.5x
Thu, 04 Aug 2022UK£32.6bUK£20.6bUK£1.9b28.9x17.6x1.6x
Sat, 02 Jul 2022UK£19.1bUK£18.1bUK£818.2m28.7x23.3x1.1x
Mon, 30 May 2022UK£20.8bUK£18.0bUK£804.2m40.8x25.9x1.2x
Wed, 27 Apr 2022UK£21.9bUK£17.9bUK£786.0m36.9x27.9x1.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

27.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£21.9bTotal Earnings: UK£786.0mTotal Revenue: UK£17.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 34.1x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British IT 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 23.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 34.1x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.6x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.81x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT industry have declined 25% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 19% 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. Tech industry?

GB Market3.99%
Tech3.31%
IT3.39%
Data Processing Services6.54%
IT Consulting3.78%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-2.87%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the IT Consulting industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 28.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 11.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 10.7% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Internet Services and Infrastructure industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 54% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 122% per year.
  • In contrast, the Data Processing Services industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.4% 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
SCT SoftcatUK£15.843.7%
+UK£113.6m		2.2%PE25.2x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£7.0310.5%
+UK£82.4m		-23.1%PE16.7x
CCC ComputacenterUK£22.742.2%
+UK£52.4m		-9.0%PE14x
NCC NCC GroupUK£1.365.1%
+UK£20.2m		11.1%PS1.3x
TIA Tialis Essential ITUK£0.7635.7%
+UK£4.9m		32.2%PS0.9x
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KNOS

UK£7.03

Kainos Group

7D

10.5%

1Y

-23.1%

CLBS

UK£2.10

Celebrus Technologies

7D

-1.2%

1Y

1.2%

CCC

UK£22.74

Computacenter

7D

2.2%

1Y

-9.0%

SCT

UK£15.84

Softcat

7D

3.7%

1Y

2.2%

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Apr 10
Softcat (LON:SCT) Will Pay A Dividend Of £0.089

TIA

UK£0.76

Tialis Essential IT

7D

35.7%

1Y

32.2%

IOM

UK£0.27

iomart Group

7D

-14.7%

1Y

-80.2%

FDM

UK£2.23

FDM Group (Holdings)

7D

-0.7%

1Y

-32.5%

MTEC

UK£0.24

Made Tech Group

7D

3.2%

1Y

162.2%

TRD

UK£3.00

Triad Group

7D

0.7%

1Y

17.6%

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Apr 08
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BKS

UK£2.23

Beeks Financial Cloud Group

7D

-5.1%

1Y

22.5%

RCN

UK£1.20

Redcentric

7D

-1.2%

1Y

-16.1%

ELEG

UK£0.0004

Electric Guitar

7D

-4.8%

1Y

n/a

NCC

UK£1.36

NCC Group

7D

5.1%

1Y

11.1%

SPA

UK£0.48

1Spatial

7D

-3.0%

1Y

-17.1%

NARF

UK£0.0055

Narf Industries

7D

10.0%

1Y

-56.0%

GST

UK£0.013

GSTechnologies

7D

-7.1%

1Y

8.3%