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U.K. (FTSE) IT Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 06, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D-1.1%
  • 3M-8.9%
  • 1Y-11.8%
  • YTD-3.2%

Over the last 7 days, the IT industry has dropped 1.1%, driven by a pullback from FDM Group (Holdings) of 35%. Overall the industry is down 12% in 12 months. Looking forward, 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
Wed, 06 Aug 2025UK£7.7bUK£9.5bUK£272.7m24.1x28.2x0.8x
Fri, 04 Jul 2025UK£7.9bUK£9.5bUK£328.4m25.2x24.2x0.8x
Sun, 01 Jun 2025UK£8.6bUK£9.5bUK£311.1m25x27.7x0.9x
Tue, 29 Apr 2025UK£8.0bUK£9.6bUK£330.6m17.6x24.1x0.8x
Thu, 27 Mar 2025UK£8.3bUK£9.6bUK£330.5m20.5x25x0.9x
Sat, 22 Feb 2025UK£7.8bUK£9.0bUK£333.3m22.9x23.6x0.9x
Mon, 20 Jan 2025UK£7.9bUK£9.0bUK£335.5m24.6x23.5x0.9x
Wed, 18 Dec 2024UK£8.1bUK£9.0bUK£337.7m27.3x23.8x0.9x
Fri, 15 Nov 2024UK£8.6bUK£9.0bUK£327.4m27.7x26.2x1x
Sun, 13 Oct 2024UK£10.5bUK£9.7bUK£294.1m23.5x35.6x1.1x
Tue, 10 Sep 2024UK£10.6bUK£9.7bUK£333.5m26x31.7x1.1x
Thu, 08 Aug 2024UK£11.1bUK£10.2bUK£359.5m26.9x31x1.1x
Sat, 06 Jul 2024UK£11.8bUK£10.2bUK£383.0m26.6x30.8x1.2x
Mon, 03 Jun 2024UK£11.6bUK£10.2bUK£380.6m28.7x30.5x1.1x
Wed, 01 May 2024UK£9.9bUK£10.2bUK£374.7m27.6x26.5x1x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024UK£10.4bUK£10.4bUK£353.9m27.9x29.3x1x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024UK£11.0bUK£10.8bUK£359.4m25.5x30.5x1x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024UK£10.9bUK£12.8bUK£376.3m25.7x28.9x0.9x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023UK£10.8bUK£12.8bUK£379.7m24x28.6x0.8x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023UK£10.6bUK£13.4bUK£384.2m24.6x27.6x0.8x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023UK£10.7bUK£13.4bUK£371.6m25.8x28.7x0.8x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023UK£11.1bUK£13.3bUK£401.0m27.4x27.6x0.8x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023UK£10.8bUK£12.5bUK£404.7m26.7x26.8x0.9x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023UK£10.8bUK£12.5bUK£412.1m26x26.2x0.9x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023UK£11.2bUK£12.5bUK£424.1m26.6x26.4x0.9x
Thu, 04 May 2023UK£11.7bUK£12.4bUK£423.0m26.8x27.6x0.9x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023UK£11.7bUK£13.1bUK£420.2m27.8x27.8x0.9x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023UK£36.9bUK£22.0bUK£1.8b28.5x20.1x1.7x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023UK£36.0bUK£21.9bUK£1.8b28x20x1.6x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022UK£35.5bUK£21.8bUK£1.8b26.9x20.1x1.6x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022UK£37.2bUK£21.7bUK£1.8b28.8x20.8x1.7x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022UK£33.8bUK£21.7bUK£1.7b25.8x20.4x1.6x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022UK£33.5bUK£21.5bUK£1.7b28.7x20.2x1.6x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022UK£34.2bUK£20.6bUK£1.6b28.9x21x1.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

21x


Total Market Cap: UK£34.2bTotal Earnings: UK£1.6bTotal Revenue: UK£20.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. IT Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 27.3x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British IT industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 27.3x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x 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 45% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 23% 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 Market0.27%
Tech-1.31%
IT-1.13%
IT Consulting-1.12%
Internet Services and Infrastructure-1.34%
Data Processing Services-10.78%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the IT Consulting industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 27.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 13.3%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 20.3% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Data Processing Services industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 56% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the IT Consulting industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 13% 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
CCC ComputacenterUK£22.783.0%
+UK£69.2m		-10.7%PE14x
IOM iomart GroupUK£0.247.1%
+UK£1.8m		-80.2%PS0.2x
SPA 1SpatialUK£0.493.2%
+UK£1.7m		-29.0%PE326.9x
CLBS Celebrus TechnologiesUK£1.722.4%
+UK£1.6m		-36.5%PE14.1x

Latest News

SWC
UK£2.00
Smarter Web
7D
-2.4%
1Y
n/a
FDM
UK£1.26
FDM Group (Holdings)
7D
-35.5%
1Y
-69.3%
TRD
UK£2.73
Triad Group
7D
-4.2%
1Y
1.1%
IOM
UK£0.24
iomart Group
7D
7.1%
1Y
-80.2%
KNOS
UK£7.09
Kainos Group
7D
-2.6%
1Y
-29.9%
SCT
UK£15.94
Softcat
7D
-1.3%
1Y
4.3%

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GST
UK£0.0077
GSTechnologies
7D
-24.4%
1Y
37.2%
CLBS
UK£1.72
Celebrus Technologies
7D
2.4%
1Y
-36.5%
CCC
UK£22.78
Computacenter
7D
3.0%
1Y
-10.7%

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NCC
UK£1.47
NCC Group
7D
-2.4%
1Y
-0.4%
SPA
UK£0.49
1Spatial
7D
3.2%
1Y
-29.0%
BKS
UK£2.28
Beeks Financial Cloud Group
7D
-1.3%
1Y
9.4%