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U.K. (FTSE) Tech Sector Analysis

UpdatedSep 19, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies116
  • 7D1.9%
  • 3M0.1%
  • 1Y8.8%
  • YTD5.7%

The Tech industry has gained 1.9% in the last week and Sage Group up 2.3%. In the same time, Smarter Web was down 33%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 8.8%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 21% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Tech Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 19 Sep 2025UK£52.1bUK£23.5bUK£1.1b29.9x49.6x2.2x
Sun, 17 Aug 2025UK£50.1bUK£22.7bUK£1.1b29.8x47.7x2.2x
Tue, 15 Jul 2025UK£52.5bUK£22.8bUK£1.2b31.8x42.4x2.3x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025UK£52.7bUK£22.9bUK£1.2b29.4x42.2x2.3x
Sat, 10 May 2025UK£50.2bUK£23.0bUK£1.3b26.3x39.9x2.2x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025UK£45.1bUK£23.0bUK£1.2b21x36.5x2x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025UK£48.9bUK£22.5bUK£1.2b24.6x40.4x2.2x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025UK£52.8bUK£22.6bUK£1.2b27x42.7x2.3x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024UK£50.6bUK£22.6bUK£1.2b28.4x40.9x2.2x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024UK£51.0bUK£22.6bUK£1.3b29x40.6x2.3x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024UK£48.7bUK£23.0bUK£1.1b25.6x43.7x2.1x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024UK£54.0bUK£23.4bUK£1.2b26.6x44.5x2.3x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024UK£55.8bUK£24.0bUK£1.3b28.6x44.1x2.3x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024UK£57.7bUK£24.2bUK£1.2b27.9x49.1x2.4x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024UK£56.3bUK£24.0bUK£1.1b29.2x50.2x2.3x
Sun, 12 May 2024UK£54.8bUK£24.0bUK£999.6m28x54.9x2.3x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024UK£52.6bUK£24.1bUK£883.6m28.5x59.6x2.2x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024UK£53.5bUK£24.3bUK£876.5m31.1x61x2.2x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024UK£73.7bUK£31.4bUK£937.8m29x78.5x2.3x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024UK£74.1bUK£31.4bUK£948.4m27.8x78.2x2.4x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023UK£70.7bUK£32.0bUK£1.0b26.6x69.1x2.2x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023UK£66.0bUK£32.0bUK£1.0b26.1x65.9x2.1x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023UK£71.4bUK£31.8bUK£1.0b28.1x69.3x2.2x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023UK£69.9bUK£30.8bUK£1.0b28.3x67.5x2.3x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023UK£75.2bUK£31.1bUK£1.1b29.5x71.6x2.4x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023UK£75.2bUK£31.1bUK£1.1b29.5x70.2x2.4x
Mon, 15 May 2023UK£73.7bUK£31.0bUK£1.1b30.9x68x2.4x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023UK£72.0bUK£30.8bUK£1.3b30.4x56.3x2.3x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023UK£98.2bUK£40.4bUK£2.9b29.3x33.4x2.4x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023UK£100.7bUK£39.8bUK£2.8b30.1x36.1x2.5x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023UK£95.3bUK£39.7bUK£2.8b28.4x34.6x2.4x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022UK£99.5bUK£39.6bUK£2.8b29x35.9x2.5x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022UK£94.0bUK£39.1bUK£2.8b28.5x33.4x2.4x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022UK£91.5bUK£39.5bUK£2.7b30.3x33.7x2.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

33.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£91.5bTotal Earnings: UK£2.7bTotal Revenue: UK£39.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Tech Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 52.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Information Technology 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 52.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Information Technology industry have declined 27% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 16% 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 sector?

GB Market-0.62%
Tech1.87%
IT2.76%
Tech Hardware2.21%
Semiconductors2.02%
Software1.78%
Electronic Equipment and Components1.74%
Communications-0.048%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Tech Hardware industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 175x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 42.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 26.0% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Semiconductors industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 88% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Software industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 15% 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
SGE Sage GroupUK£11.052.3%
+UK£237.0m		6.9%PE30.2x
CCC ComputacenterUK£24.649.9%
+UK£232.8m		-2.7%PE16.2x
RSW RenishawUK£35.158.7%
+UK£203.6m		1.2%PE26.2x
HLMA HalmaUK£33.821.5%
+UK£188.9m		27.6%PE43.1x
AWE Alphawave IP GroupUK£1.892.1%
+UK£29.9m		45.1%PS6.5x

Latest News

RSW
UK£35.15
Renishaw
7D
8.7%
1Y
1.2%

Returns At Renishaw (LON:RSW) Are On The Way Up

Sep 19
Returns At Renishaw (LON:RSW) Are On The Way Up
ELCO
UK£1.37
Eleco
7D
-16.5%
1Y
3.0%
BYIT
UK£4.05
Bytes Technology Group
7D
-2.7%
1Y
-20.8%
CNC
UK£2.22
Concurrent Technologies
7D
12.4%
1Y
88.9%
SGE
UK£11.05
Sage Group
7D
2.3%
1Y
6.9%

Should You Be Adding Sage Group (LON:SGE) To Your Watchlist Today?

Sep 13
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CCC
UK£24.64
Computacenter
7D
9.9%
1Y
-2.7%

Computacenter's (LON:CCC) Dividend Will Be £0.236

Sep 12
Computacenter's (LON:CCC) Dividend Will Be £0.236
SEE
UK£0.026
Seeing Machines
7D
-9.4%
1Y
-46.2%
KNOS
UK£8.84
Kainos Group
7D
-1.0%
1Y
-2.8%

Kainos Group plc's (LON:KNOS) P/E Is Still On The Mark Following 26% Share Price Bounce

Sep 09
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CRTA
UK£0.20
Cirata
7D
-23.1%
1Y
-34.6%
ALFA
UK£2.46
Alfa Financial Software Holdings
7D
3.2%
1Y
17.5%
HLMA
UK£33.82
Halma
7D
1.5%
1Y
27.6%
SWC
UK£0.93
Smarter Web
7D
-32.7%
1Y
n/a
OXIG
UK£18.42
Oxford Instruments
7D
-0.5%
1Y
-12.7%

Oxford Instruments (LON:OXIG) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Sep 03
Oxford Instruments (LON:OXIG) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns
BIG
UK£0.86
Big Technologies
7D
-5.9%
1Y
-25.2%
AWE
UK£1.89
Alphawave IP Group
7D
2.1%
1Y
45.1%
DOTD
UK£0.73
dotdigital Group
7D
12.0%
1Y
-20.8%