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U.K. (FTSE) Application Software Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 08, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies52
  • 7D2.1%
  • 3M-0.5%
  • 1Y26.9%
  • YTDn/a

The Application Software industry is up 2.1% in the last week, with Sage Group up 1.9%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 27%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 24% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 09 May 2024UK£18.6bUK£4.4bUK£62.9m37x295.6x4.2x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024UK£18.5bUK£4.4bUK£40.9m39x453.7x4.2x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024UK£18.8bUK£4.3bUK£72.5m36x259.5x4.3x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024UK£30.4bUK£7.9b-UK£225,002,063.0037.9x-135.3x3.8x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023UK£30.1bUK£7.9b-UK£223,677,620.0035.6x-134.4x3.8x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023UK£28.7bUK£7.9b-UK£158,814,093.0030.1x-180.8x3.6x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023UK£26.8bUK£7.8b-UK£165,959,221.0029.5x-161.6x3.4x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023UK£28.1bUK£7.8b-UK£164,865,748.0032.5x-170.2x3.6x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023UK£27.1bUK£7.8b-UK£167,398,398.0028.4x-161.9x3.5x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023UK£28.0bUK£8.4b-UK£146,513,779.0030.7x-191.3x3.3x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023UK£28.1bUK£8.4b-UK£22,607,368.0033.6x-1240.8x3.4x
Fri, 12 May 2023UK£27.1bUK£8.5b-UK£164,217,342.0035.6x-164.9x3.2x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023UK£26.7bUK£8.4bUK£12.9m37x2071.6x3.2x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023UK£27.1bUK£8.3bUK£34.6m33.2x783.4x3.2x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023UK£27.0bUK£8.3bUK£38.8m34.3x695.4x3.3x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022UK£26.4bUK£8.4bUK£32.8m37.6x802.8x3.2x
Mon, 28 Nov 2022UK£27.3bUK£8.3bUK£61.1m41x447x3.3x
Wed, 26 Oct 2022UK£26.0bUK£8.2bUK£79.6m40.9x327x3.2x
Fri, 23 Sep 2022UK£26.7bUK£8.0bUK£69.9m47.9x381.4x3.3x
Sun, 21 Aug 2022UK£23.7bUK£7.9bUK£106.1m49.6x223.3x3x
Tue, 19 Jul 2022UK£22.3bUK£7.9bUK£101.8m37.7x219.4x2.8x
Thu, 16 Jun 2022UK£22.6bUK£7.9b-UK£41,347,623.0037.5x-547.6x2.9x
Sat, 14 May 2022UK£23.1bUK£7.6bUK£16.9m34.3x1369.7x3x
Mon, 11 Apr 2022UK£25.2bUK£7.3bUK£34.6m37.1x728.3x3.4x
Wed, 09 Mar 2022UK£23.1bUK£7.3b-UK£7,369,447.0038.8x-3128.5x3.2x
Fri, 04 Feb 2022UK£27.2bUK£7.2b-UK£1,257,071,307.0044.7x-21.7x3.8x
Sun, 02 Jan 2022UK£31.5bUK£7.2b-UK£1,265,603,832.0050.4x-24.9x4.3x
Tue, 30 Nov 2021UK£29.7bUK£7.3b-UK£1,294,454,352.0050.9x-22.9x4.1x
Thu, 28 Oct 2021UK£30.8bUK£7.0b-UK£1,241,548,891.0059.7x-24.8x4.4x
Sat, 25 Sep 2021UK£33.2bUK£7.0b-UK£1,224,602,689.0054x-27.1x4.7x
Mon, 23 Aug 2021UK£33.2bUK£7.0b-UK£1,222,498,641.7358.1x-27.1x4.8x
Sat, 10 Jul 2021UK£30.8bUK£6.9b-UK£1,224,357,641.7351.4x-25.2x4.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-24.3x


Total Market Cap: UK£29.9bTotal Earnings: -UK£1,227,472,046.56Total Revenue: UK£6.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Application Software Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 159.8x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Application Software industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 296x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 160x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 3.8x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 4.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Application Software industry have gone up over the last three years and the industry is now profitable.
  • Revenues have declined 14% per year.
  • This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since the cost of doing business is lower, profits have been increasing.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Application Software compare with similar industries?

GB Market1.96%
Tech1.65%
Software1.53%
Application Software2.06%
Systems Software-0.82%
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
SGE Sage GroupUK£11.983.1%
+UK£364.4m
48.2%PE56.7x
GBG GB GroupUK£3.157.1%
+UK£52.5m
3.4%PS2.9x
BYIT Bytes Technology GroupUK£4.971.9%
+UK£22.1m
15.9%PE27.1x
ACSO accesso Technology GroupUK£7.005.4%
+UK£15.1m
-3.2%PE46.2x
FDP FD TechnologiesUK£13.103.5%
+UK£12.4m
-27.2%PS1.3x
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GBG

UK£3.15

GB Group

7D

7.1%

1Y

3.4%

RM.

UK£0.81

RM

7D

12.5%

1Y

-1.9%

GHT

UK£1.59

Gresham Technologies

7D

-2.5%

1Y

8.9%

SGE

UK£11.98

Sage Group

7D

3.1%

1Y

48.2%

PINE

UK£3.26

Pinewood Technologies Group

7D

-2.1%

1Y

-7.7%

AOM

UK£1.04

ActiveOps

7D

-2.3%

1Y

24.6%

IQG

UK£4.13

IQGeo Group

7D

-6.1%

1Y

60.7%

SYME

UK£0.00022

Supply@ME Capital

7D

-11.8%

1Y

-74.4%

MBT

UK£0.029

Mobile Tornado Group

7D

210.5%

1Y

68.6%

IDOX

UK£0.64

IDOX

7D

-1.5%

1Y

-6.6%

QTX

UK£1.40

Quartix Technologies

7D

-8.2%

1Y

-42.9%

FDP

UK£13.10

FD Technologies

7D

3.5%

1Y

-27.2%