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U.K. (FTSE) IT Consulting Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 06, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies21
  • 7D0.2%
  • 3M-9.4%
  • 1Y-14.7%
  • YTD-8.9%

Over the last 7 days, the IT Consulting industry has risen 1.9%, driven by gains from Softcat of 4.2%. In the same time, Keywords Studios was down 8.1%. However, the industry is down 13% over the past year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 11% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 06 Jun 2023UK£10.4bUK£11.7bUK£422.9m26x24.6x0.9x
Thu, 04 May 2023UK£10.9bUK£11.7bUK£420.3m25.7x26x0.9x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023UK£11.0bUK£12.3bUK£417.5m25.8x26.3x0.9x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023UK£11.3bUK£12.2bUK£425.8m27.6x26.5x0.9x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023UK£11.3bUK£12.2bUK£425.8m27.1x26.6x0.9x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022UK£11.3bUK£12.2bUK£425.7m26.1x26.5x0.9x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022UK£11.6bUK£12.2bUK£431.0m26.7x26.9x1x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022UK£9.9bUK£12.4bUK£420.7m26.7x23.6x0.8x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022UK£11.1bUK£12.3bUK£420.4m27x26.4x0.9x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022UK£12.6bUK£11.9bUK£411.3m37.4x30.6x1.1x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022UK£11.4bUK£11.8bUK£410.0m30.2x27.8x1x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022UK£12.0bUK£11.6bUK£399.5m37.1x30.1x1x
Fri, 06 May 2022UK£11.6bUK£11.6bUK£404.1m33.8x28.6x1x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022UK£13.4bUK£11.6bUK£403.0m36.6x33.3x1.2x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022UK£13.1bUK£10.7bUK£389.0m34x33.6x1.2x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022UK£13.9bUK£8.9bUK£391.3m39.1x35.6x1.6x
Sat, 25 Dec 2021UK£16.0bUK£8.9bUK£391.6m42.6x40.9x1.8x
Mon, 22 Nov 2021UK£16.6bUK£8.9bUK£387.9m43.7x42.7x1.9x
Wed, 20 Oct 2021UK£15.2bUK£8.7bUK£384.4m46.5x39.7x1.8x
Fri, 17 Sep 2021UK£15.7bUK£8.7bUK£384.2m49.6x40.8x1.8x
Sun, 15 Aug 2021UK£14.7bUK£8.7bUK£379.8m45x38.6x1.7x
Thu, 10 Jun 2021UK£13.3bUK£8.3bUK£365.2m44.1x36.4x1.6x
Wed, 03 Mar 2021UK£11.3bUK£7.9bUK£333.5m48x33.9x1.4x
Sat, 05 Dec 2020UK£10.3bUK£7.7bUK£290.3m38.2x35.5x1.3x
Tue, 08 Sep 2020UK£10.3bUK£7.5bUK£257.6m38.8x40x1.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

32.4x


Total Market Cap: UK£8.3bTotal Earnings: UK£256.4mTotal Revenue: UK£7.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Consulting Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 34.4x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British IT Consulting and Other Services 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 25.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 34.4x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.91x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the IT Consulting and Other Services industry have grown 18% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 16% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. IT Consulting compare with similar industries?

GB Market-0.026%
Tech1.45%
IT0.39%
IT Consulting0.17%
Data Processing Services4.34%
Internet Services and Infrastructure4.19%
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
SCT SoftcatUK£13.852.5%
+UK£67.7m		-0.7%PE25.5x
KNOS Kainos GroupUK£12.982.5%
+UK£41.4m		5.4%PE38.9x
FDM FDM Group (Holdings)UK£7.003.9%
+UK£28.4m		-24.9%PE21.9x
ECK EckohUK£0.365.8%
+UK£5.8m		-5.2%PE55.1x
NVIQ Noventiq HoldingsUS$1.252.5%
+US$5.5m		76.2%PE20.1x
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NVIQ

US$1.25

Noventiq Holdings

7D

2.5%

1Y

76.2%

FDM

UK£7.00

FDM Group (Holdings)

7D

3.9%

1Y

-24.9%

TRD

UK£1.65

Triad Group

7D

6.5%

1Y

25.5%

NCC

UK£0.90

NCC Group

7D

-1.1%

1Y

-57.5%

KWS

UK£17.45

Keywords Studios

7D

-10.1%

1Y

-26.7%

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SCT

UK£13.85

Softcat

7D

2.5%

1Y

-0.7%

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May 28
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KCT

UK£0.63

Kin and Carta

7D

-1.6%

1Y

-71.1%

Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At Kin and Carta (LON:KCT)

May 27
Returns On Capital Are Showing Encouraging Signs At Kin and Carta (LON:KCT)

SPA

UK£0.49

1Spatial

7D

-2.0%

1Y

0%

KNOS

UK£12.98

Kainos Group

7D

2.5%

1Y

5.4%

Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.161

May 25
Kainos Group (LON:KNOS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.161

SMRT

UK£0.37

Smartspace Software

7D

-14.9%

1Y

-40.8%

CCC

UK£22.94

Computacenter

7D

-2.0%

1Y

-9.0%

Computacenter (LON:CCC) Has Announced That Its Dividend Will Be Reduced To £0.458

May 19
Computacenter (LON:CCC) Has Announced That Its Dividend Will Be Reduced To £0.458

ECK

UK£0.36

Eckoh

7D

5.8%

1Y

-5.2%

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May 18
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TPX

UK£0.39

TPXimpact Holdings

7D

-2.5%

1Y

-76.3%

RCN

UK£1.30

Redcentric

7D

2.0%

1Y

4.2%

D4T4

UK£1.76

D4t4 Solutions

7D

-3.0%

1Y

-36.3%

ECSC

UK£0.53

ECSC Group

7D

1.9%

1Y

10.4%