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U.K. (FTSE) Advertising Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies22
  • 7D-2.6%
  • 3M-3.2%
  • 1Y-3.0%
  • YTDn/a

Last week, the Advertising industry hasn't moved much but YouGov is up 8.8% in that time. In line with that, the industry has also been flat over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 18% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025UK£23.1bUK£23.0bUK£679.1m19.9x34.1x1x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025UK£22.9bUK£23.3bUK£694.6m20.1x33x1x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024UK£24.4bUK£23.2bUK£689.6m24.9x35.4x1x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024UK£23.6bUK£23.2bUK£675.1m22.7x34.9x1x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024UK£22.9bUK£23.1bUK£699.1m21.6x32.8x1x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024UK£24.2bUK£23.4bUK£698.6m24.2x34.6x1x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024UK£24.2bUK£23.5bUK£599.4m26.6x40.4x1x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024UK£24.8bUK£23.2bUK£669.5m21.9x37.1x1.1x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024UK£26.7bUK£23.2bUK£665.7m27.3x40.2x1.2x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024UK£26.3bUK£23.3bUK£654.1m35.8x40.2x1.1x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024UK£26.2bUK£23.4bUK£537.3m38.3x48.7x1.1x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024UK£25.7bUK£23.3bUK£386.4m39.3x66.6x1.1x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024UK£25.1bUK£23.6bUK£751.3m30x33.5x1.1x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023UK£25.6bUK£23.6bUK£751.0m31x34.2x1.1x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023UK£24.3bUK£23.0bUK£748.0m28.6x32.5x1.1x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023UK£23.5bUK£23.0bUK£748.8m27.8x31.4x1x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023UK£24.8bUK£22.8bUK£633.6m51.9x39.2x1.1x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023UK£25.5bUK£22.7bUK£623.3m49.4x40.9x1.1x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023UK£25.2bUK£21.7bUK£553.5m51.6x45.6x1.2x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023UK£26.3bUK£21.7bUK£558.1m56x47.2x1.2x
Wed, 03 May 2023UK£26.6bUK£21.8bUK£582.0m60.2x45.7x1.2x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023UK£27.1bUK£21.6bUK£542.5m38.4x49.9x1.3x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023UK£28.1bUK£21.1bUK£666.3m24.6x42.1x1.3x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023UK£26.3bUK£20.0bUK£623.2m19.5x42.2x1.3x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022UK£24.4bUK£20.1bUK£626.2m17x39x1.2x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022UK£24.7bUK£20.1bUK£608.8m20.9x40.5x1.2x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022UK£21.9bUK£20.2bUK£625.3m18.7x35.1x1.1x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022UK£23.6bUK£19.8bUK£682.8m22.1x34.5x1.2x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022UK£24.6bUK£19.7bUK£706.3m19.6x34.8x1.3x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022UK£23.8bUK£18.4bUK£556.2m16.3x42.8x1.3x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022UK£26.8bUK£18.3bUK£551.5m18.9x48.6x1.5x
Thu, 05 May 2022UK£28.0bUK£18.1bUK£617.5m17.8x45.3x1.5x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022UK£29.4bUK£17.9bUK£477.1m24.9x61.6x1.6x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022UK£31.0bUK£17.4b-UK£46,419,788.0032.5x-668.7x1.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-668.7x


Total Market Cap: UK£31.0bTotal Earnings: -UK£46,419,788.00Total Revenue: UK£17.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Advertising Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 69.8x202320242025
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 35.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 69.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Advertising industry have gone up over the last three years, and the industry is now profitable. Revenues have grown 10% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by the industry overall, and subsequently profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Advertising compare with similar industries?

GB Market-1.18%
Telecom-2.88%
Media-2.07%
Advertising-2.56%
Publishing0.73%
Cable and Satellite0%0
Broadcasting-0.88%
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£4.007.2%
+UK£31.5m		-65.8%PS1.4x
TIG Team Internet GroupUK£1.023.7%
+UK£8.8m		-26.0%PE13.5x
SCGL Sealand Capital GalaxyUK£0.02343.0%
+UK£5.9m		2,052.4%PS143.8x
EYE Eagle Eye Solutions GroupUK£3.804.1%
+UK£4.5m		-29.0%PE19.7x
SYS1 System1 GroupUK£6.103.0%
+UK£2.2m		43.5%PE24.5x
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