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U.K. (FTSE) Advertising Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 13, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies21
  • 7D-2.4%
  • 3M-20.7%
  • 1Y-29.7%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Advertising industry has dropped 2.4%, driven by a pullback from Informa of 2.0%. However, the industry is down 30% over the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 17% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 13 Apr 2025UK£16.9bUK£22.9bUK£681.6m15.8x24.8x0.7x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025UK£19.7bUK£23.0bUK£1.0b17.4x19.7x0.9x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025UK£23.8bUK£23.3bUK£691.2m20.5x34.4x1x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025UK£23.0bUK£23.3bUK£692.1m24.1x33.3x1x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024UK£24.5bUK£23.2bUK£687.9m24x35.6x1.1x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024UK£24.0bUK£23.1bUK£699.6m23.3x34.3x1x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024UK£24.5bUK£23.3bUK£736.3m23.4x33.3x1.1x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024UK£24.7bUK£23.4bUK£698.0m26.4x35.3x1.1x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024UK£25.0bUK£23.2bUK£668.3m23.4x37.4x1.1x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024UK£25.4bUK£23.2bUK£668.9m27.4x38x1.1x
Sat, 18 May 2024UK£27.1bUK£23.2bUK£655.3m27.3x41.4x1.2x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024UK£26.1bUK£23.3bUK£628.2m41.1x41.5x1.1x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024UK£25.4bUK£23.7bUK£450.3m39.3x56.5x1.1x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024UK£25.9bUK£23.3bUK£812.9m37.9x31.9x1.1x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024UK£25.8bUK£23.6bUK£751.2m30.4x34.3x1.1x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023UK£24.8bUK£23.6bUK£750.8m31.9x33.1x1.1x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023UK£23.6bUK£23.0bUK£749.4m27.8x31.5x1x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023UK£24.3bUK£23.0bUK£739.1m29.4x32.9x1.1x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023UK£24.2bUK£22.8bUK£627.4m51.9x38.5x1.1x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023UK£25.8bUK£21.7bUK£553.3m52.9x46.6x1.2x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023UK£25.9bUK£21.7bUK£554.2m53.4x46.7x1.2x
Sun, 21 May 2023UK£26.8bUK£21.8bUK£582.2m56.6x46.1x1.2x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023UK£27.0bUK£21.6bUK£513.4m36.2x52.5x1.2x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023UK£26.3bUK£21.2bUK£561.4m30.3x46.8x1.2x
Sat, 11 Feb 2023UK£27.7bUK£20.1bUK£625.7m25.3x44.3x1.4x
Mon, 09 Jan 2023UK£25.3bUK£20.1bUK£624.9m17.8x40.4x1.3x
Wed, 07 Dec 2022UK£25.0bUK£20.0bUK£605.5m17.9x41.3x1.2x
Fri, 04 Nov 2022UK£23.0bUK£20.1bUK£623.3m20.4x36.8x1.1x
Sun, 02 Oct 2022UK£21.6bUK£20.1bUK£621.5m19.3x34.8x1.1x
Tue, 30 Aug 2022UK£22.7bUK£19.7bUK£694.1m20.3x32.7x1.2x
Thu, 28 Jul 2022UK£24.8bUK£18.4bUK£554.4m19.9x44.8x1.4x
Sat, 25 Jun 2022UK£24.0bUK£18.4bUK£554.3m15.6x43.2x1.3x
Mon, 23 May 2022UK£26.9bUK£18.3bUK£583.3m20.4x46.1x1.5x
Wed, 20 Apr 2022UK£28.5bUK£17.9bUK£413.7m27.7x68.9x1.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

68.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£28.5bTotal Earnings: UK£413.7mTotal Revenue: UK£17.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Advertising Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 42.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Advertising 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 24.8x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 42.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.74x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Advertising industry have grown 18% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 8.4% 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. Advertising compare with similar industries?

GB Market-1.01%
Telecom-0.79%
Media-3.21%
Advertising-2.37%
Cable and Satellite0%0
Publishing-2.90%
Broadcasting-6.69%
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
YOU YouGovUK£2.671.9%
+UK£5.9m		-70.7%PE311.9x
NAH NAHL GroupUK£0.655.3%
+UK£1.5m		-8.8%PE38.4x
SBDS Silver Bullet Data Services GroupUK£0.348.1%
+UK£436.9k		-70.2%PS0.7x
TIG Team Internet GroupUK£0.540.4%
+UK£369.0k		-62.1%PS0.2x
MIRI Mirriad AdvertisingUK£0.002414.3%
+UK£309.8k		-88.8%PS1.5x
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NAH

UK£0.65

NAHL Group

7D

5.3%

1Y

-8.8%

MIRI

UK£0.0024

Mirriad Advertising

7D

14.3%

1Y

-88.8%

SAA

UK£1.60

M&C Saatchi

7D

-1.8%

1Y

-12.8%

PEBB

UK£0.36

Pebble Group

7D

-3.9%

1Y

-41.6%

SFOR

UK£0.28

S4 Capital

7D

-11.0%

1Y

-51.7%

INF

UK£6.77

Informa

7D

-2.0%

1Y

-16.1%

We Think Informa (LON:INF) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt

Apr 10
We Think Informa (LON:INF) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt

FOUR

UK£31.30

4imprint Group

7D

-4.9%

1Y

-50.9%

NFG

UK£2.38

Next 15 Group

7D

-5.2%

1Y

-74.8%

YOU

UK£2.67

YouGov

7D

1.9%

1Y

-70.7%

TIG

UK£0.54

Team Internet Group

7D

0.4%

1Y

-62.1%

WPP

UK£5.32

WPP

7D

-2.5%

1Y

-30.6%

SBDS

UK£0.34

Silver Bullet Data Services Group

7D

8.1%

1Y

-70.2%

SYS1

UK£5.55

System1 Group

7D

-2.6%

1Y

13.3%