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U.K. (FTSE) Telecom Sector Analysis

UpdatedJul 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies63
  • 7D-0.06%
  • 3M11.9%
  • 1Y11.9%
  • YTD10.9%

The Telecom industry has been flat over the last week, but WPP has lost 20%. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 11% in that time. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 24% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 15 Jul 2025UK£96.2bUK£93.8b-UK£671,144,800.7915.9x-143.4x1x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025UK£93.4bUK£92.8b-UK£604,745,744.4716.2x-154.4x1x
Sat, 10 May 2025UK£89.6bUK£92.7bUK£4.6b15x19.4x1x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025UK£83.8bUK£93.0bUK£4.5b15.8x18.4x0.9x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025UK£87.5bUK£86.7bUK£4.9b15.7x17.8x1x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025UK£88.6bUK£87.6bUK£4.5b18.5x19.7x1x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024UK£87.6bUK£87.2bUK£4.4b18.5x19.8x1x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024UK£88.1bUK£87.4bUK£4.4b20.6x19.8x1x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024UK£87.7bUK£86.9bUK£3.7b18.1x24x1x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024UK£90.8bUK£87.1bUK£3.7b21.2x24.7x1x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024UK£88.7bUK£87.8bUK£3.6b20.2x24.7x1x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024UK£87.4bUK£87.3bUK£3.2b18.2x27.6x1x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024UK£86.7bUK£87.4bUK£3.2b19.4x27.5x1x
Sun, 12 May 2024UK£84.4bUK£95.0bUK£12.2b20x6.9x0.9x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024UK£81.2bUK£95.0bUK£12.4b20.3x6.5x0.9x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024UK£80.6bUK£94.9bUK£12.3b21.6x6.6x0.8x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024UK£85.2bUK£97.1bUK£12.8b17.2x6.6x0.9x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024UK£86.6bUK£97.6bUK£13.0b17x6.7x0.9x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023UK£82.5bUK£96.9bUK£13.0b15.2x6.4x0.9x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023UK£79.6bUK£98.2bUK£14.2b17.4x5.6x0.8x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023UK£85.7bUK£98.1bUK£14.2b19.3x6x0.9x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023UK£80.4bUK£97.1bUK£14.0b17.3x5.8x0.8x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023UK£86.5bUK£96.3bUK£14.0b20.1x6.2x0.9x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023UK£87.4bUK£95.7bUK£13.8b21.4x6.3x0.9x
Mon, 15 May 2023UK£93.1bUK£97.2bUK£5.4b21.5x17.4x1x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023UK£93.5bUK£97.2bUK£5.3b20.3x17.5x1x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023UK£97.5bUK£97.8bUK£5.6b18.9x17.5x1x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023UK£96.7bUK£97.4bUK£5.6b17.6x17.3x1x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023UK£85.1bUK£96.7bUK£5.6b18x15.3x0.9x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022UK£97.4bUK£99.6bUK£5.6b18.4x17.4x1x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022UK£95.4bUK£99.0bUK£5.1b17.5x18.6x1x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022UK£99.6bUK£100.5bUK£5.3b18.7x19x1x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022UK£107.3bUK£97.4bUK£5.0b22.7x21.4x1.1x
Fri, 22 Jul 2022UK£117.6bUK£96.3bUK£4.0b22.2x29.3x1.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

29.3x


Total Market Cap: UK£117.6bTotal Earnings: UK£4.0bTotal Revenue: UK£96.3bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Telecom Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 8.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Communication Services 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 PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Communication Services industry have declined over the last three years, with the industry now making a loss overall.
  • Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that although sales have remained flat, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Telecom sector?

GB Market1.94%
Telecom-0.063%
Entertainment7.35%
Interactive Media and Services2.18%
Wireless Telecom1.55%
Telecom Services and Carriers-0.11%
Media-3.60%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Entertainment industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 2.3%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 0.4% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Wireless Telecom industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 44% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Entertainment industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 2.3% 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
INF InformaUK£8.342.9%
+UK£301.5m		-2.3%PE36.4x
AAF Airtel AfricaUK£1.884.0%
+UK£262.7m		62.1%PE41.9x
BCG Baltic Classifieds GroupUK£3.729.3%
+UK£150.4m		35.3%PE45.9x
EVPL everplay groupUK£3.7921.5%
+UK£96.5m		26.3%PE27x
AUTO Auto Trader GroupUK£8.301.3%
+UK£92.5m		0.5%PE25.6x

Latest News

AAF
UK£1.88
Airtel Africa
7D
4.0%
1Y
62.1%
WPP
UK£4.15
WPP
7D
-20.4%
1Y
-43.3%
BCG
UK£3.72
Baltic Classifieds Group
7D
9.3%
1Y
35.3%
SYS1
UK£4.05
System1 Group
7D
-11.0%
1Y
-44.5%
EVPL
UK£3.79
everplay group
7D
21.5%
1Y
26.3%

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AUTO
UK£8.30
Auto Trader Group
7D
1.3%
1Y
0.5%
BT.A
UK£1.96
BT Group
7D
-0.3%
1Y
41.0%

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INF
UK£8.34
Informa
7D
2.9%
1Y
-2.3%

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SFOR
UK£0.23
S4 Capital
7D
-8.3%
1Y
-57.3%
LBG
UK£1.00
LBG Media
7D
-3.8%
1Y
-5.7%
VOD
UK£0.82
Vodafone Group
7D
0.7%
1Y
17.0%

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ITV
UK£0.79
ITV
7D
-3.3%
1Y
-5.0%
GAMA
UK£11.10
Gamma Communications
7D
-1.4%
1Y
-23.2%

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RMV
UK£7.91
Rightmove
7D
1.2%
1Y
37.6%
TRST
UK£2.53
Trustpilot Group
7D
6.2%
1Y
7.7%

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YOU
UK£3.50
YouGov
7D
-6.5%
1Y
-23.1%
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