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U.K. (FTSE) Research and Consulting Services Industry Analysis

UpdatedOct 30, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies29
  • 7D-3.5%
  • 3M-3.7%
  • 1Y5.5%
  • YTD4.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Research and Consulting Services industry has dropped 3.5%, driven by a pullback from Experian of 11%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 5.5%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 12% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Research and Consulting Services Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 31 Oct 2023UK£86.4bUK£21.7bUK£2.9b20.5x29.9x4x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023UK£88.3bUK£21.7bUK£2.9b22x30.7x4.1x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023UK£84.9bUK£21.4bUK£2.9b18.9x29.6x4x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023UK£89.9bUK£20.6bUK£2.7b18.7x32.9x4.4x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023UK£89.4bUK£20.5bUK£2.7b20.3x32.7x4.4x
Fri, 19 May 2023UK£85.6bUK£20.7bUK£2.8b19.5x30.9x4.1x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023UK£87.4bUK£20.6bUK£2.9b20x30x4.3x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023UK£84.4bUK£20.7bUK£2.9b19.7x28.8x4.1x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023UK£87.7bUK£19.8bUK£2.9b20.9x30.2x4.4x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023UK£84.5bUK£19.7bUK£2.9b20.1x29.1x4.3x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022UK£84.7bUK£19.2bUK£2.9b18x29.5x4.4x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022UK£79.7bUK£19.4bUK£3.1b18.7x25.8x4.1x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022UK£77.6bUK£19.6bUK£3.1b17.9x24.8x4x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022UK£81.0bUK£19.2bUK£3.0b19.5x26.7x4.2x
Tue, 26 Jul 2022UK£83.0bUK£18.3bUK£2.9b19.3x28.5x4.5x
Thu, 23 Jun 2022UK£74.7bUK£18.1bUK£2.9b24x26.1x4.1x
Sat, 21 May 2022UK£80.8bUK£18.0bUK£2.8b26.4x28.5x4.5x
Mon, 18 Apr 2022UK£86.2bUK£17.4bUK£2.7b31.9x32.4x4.9x
Wed, 16 Mar 2022UK£83.3bUK£17.4bUK£2.7b28.7x31.3x4.8x
Fri, 11 Feb 2022UK£87.1bUK£16.9bUK£2.5b35.9x35.6x5.2x
Sun, 09 Jan 2022UK£91.2bUK£16.8bUK£2.5b41.4x37.2x5.4x
Tue, 07 Dec 2021UK£94.9bUK£16.7bUK£2.4b40.6x38.7x5.7x
Thu, 04 Nov 2021UK£91.3bUK£16.1bUK£2.3b40.2x39.6x5.7x
Sat, 02 Oct 2021UK£85.7bUK£16.1bUK£2.3b40x37.1x5.3x
Mon, 30 Aug 2021UK£87.3bUK£16.0bUK£2.3b41.2x38.1x5.5x
Tue, 06 Jul 2021UK£78.7bUK£16.0bUK£2.3b40.2x34.4x4.9x
Fri, 09 Apr 2021UK£73.6bUK£16.0bUK£2.2b37.5x32.9x4.6x
Thu, 31 Dec 2020UK£75.0bUK£15.9bUK£2.1b30.1x35.4x4.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

32.8x


Total Market Cap: UK£69.4bTotal Earnings: UK£2.1bTotal Revenue: UK£16.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Research and Consulting Services Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 33.1x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the British Research and Consulting 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 PE ratio of 33.1x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 4.8x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 4.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Research and Consulting Services industry have grown 11% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 10% 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. Research and Consulting Services compare with similar industries?

GB Market-1.27%
Industrials-1.23%
Professional Services-3.36%
Research and Consulting Services-3.46%
HR Services-1.62%
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
DATA GlobalDataUK£1.494.9%
+UK£56.4m		-6.3%PE31.7x
REL RELXUK£28.560.1%
+UK£48.4m		22.0%PE30.8x
AFM Alpha Financial Markets ConsultingUK£3.645.5%
+UK£21.7m		-2.9%PE23.2x
BEG Begbies Traynor GroupUK£1.163.1%
+UK£5.5m		-10.9%PE62.4x
FNTL FintelUK£1.971.7%
+UK£3.4m		16.1%PE24.4x
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UK£3.24

Wilmington

7D

-4.7%

1Y

11.7%

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RWS

UK£2.04

RWS Holdings

7D

-14.8%

1Y

-33.3%

EXPN

UK£24.35

Experian

7D

-9.4%

1Y

-12.2%

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Oct 26
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REL

UK£28.56

RELX

7D

0.1%

1Y

22.0%

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Oct 25
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TEK

UK£0.09

Tekcapital

7D

2.9%

1Y

-54.4%

DATA

UK£1.49

GlobalData

7D

4.9%

1Y

-6.3%

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RBGP

UK£0.21

RBG Holdings

7D

2.4%

1Y

-73.6%

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Oct 14
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ITRK

UK£37.91

Intertek Group

7D

-6.1%

1Y

3.7%

AFM

UK£3.64

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting

7D

5.5%

1Y

-2.9%

DWF

UK£1.00

DWF Group

7D

0.2%

1Y

17.2%

BEG

UK£1.16

Begbies Traynor Group

7D

3.1%

1Y

-10.9%

KGH

UK£0.87

Knights Group Holdings

7D

-8.5%

1Y

28.1%

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ELIX

UK£4.70

Elixirr International

7D

-4.1%

1Y

-8.7%

FNTL

UK£1.97

Fintel

7D

1.7%

1Y

16.1%

Fintel's (LON:FNTL) Shareholders Will Receive A Bigger Dividend Than Last Year

Sep 22
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KEYS

UK£4.75

Keystone Law Group

7D

-2.6%

1Y

-2.1%

MRL

UK£5.54

Marlowe

7D

-3.5%

1Y

-30.8%