International Distribution Services (IDS)

Sector:

Commercial Transport

Index:

FTSE 250

363.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.20p
  • 52 Week High: 365.60
  • 52 Week Low: 214.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 958.29m
  • Volume: 2,475,594
  • Market Cap: £3,478.61m
  • RiskGrade: 103
  • Beta: 0.00

IDS Overview

International Distributions Services plc is a United Kingdom-based provider of postal and delivery services. The Company also provides designated universal postal service in the United Kingdom. The Company’s subsidiary, Royal Mail Group Limited, comprises the Company’s United Kingdom and international parcels and letters delivery businesses operating under the Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide brands. Through the Royal Mail Core Network, the Company delivers a one-price-goes-anywhere service on a range of parcels and letters products. Royal Mail has the capability to deliver to approximately 31 million addresses in the United Kingdom, six days a week (excluding United Kingdom public holidays). Parcelforce Worldwide operates a separate United Kingdom network, which collects and delivers express parcels.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.6% 0.0%
Div Cover -7.3 2.4
Op Mrgn 0.2% 2.7%
ROCE 3.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 16.1
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.3 0.3
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 5.3% 4.0%
PBT n/a 211.4%
EPS n/a n/a
DPS n/a 369.4%

IDS Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
29-Mar-20 10,840.00 180.00 19.60p 6.8 n/a -36% 7.50p 5.6%
28-Mar-21 12,638.00 726.00 52.10p 9.9 0.1 +166% 10.00p 1.9%
27-Mar-22 12,712.00 662.00 60.00p 6.0 0.4 +15% 20.00p 5.6%
26-Mar-23 12,044.00 (676.00) (20.50)p n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-Mar-24 12,679.00 114.00 (14.60)p n/a n/a n/a 2.00p 0.9%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

IDS Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-25 13,191.53 355.05 22.69p 16.0 n/a n/a 9.39p 0.0%
31-Mar-26 13,618.37 399.73 33.56p 10.8 0.2 +48% 11.49p 0.0%
31-Mar-27 14,154.54 542.50 41.19p 8.8 0.4 +23% 13.41p 0.0%

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IDS Company Announcements

Form 8.3 - International Distribution Services plc 31-Mar-2025 15:37 RNS
Form 8.3 - International Distribution Services plc 31-Mar-2025 15:20 RNS
Form 8.3 - The Vanguard Group, Inc.: Internation... 31-Mar-2025 14:39 EQS Group

IDS ShareCast News

Royal Mail set to axe Sat 2nd class deliveries u... 30-Jan-2025 ShareCast
Christmas parcels help IDS to slight revenue ris... 15-Jan-2025 ShareCast
London close: Stocks mixed as US PCE inflation h... 20-Dec-2024 ShareCast

IDS Top Newspaper Links

MARKET REPORT: Royal Mail posts 5% rise 31-Dec-2014 Express & Star
Royal Mail sell-off undervalued firm by £180m, r... 19-Dec-2014 Guardian
British taxpayer lost out on £180million from Ro... 19-Dec-2014 Express & Star

Latest IDS Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

IDS Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 363.00p
Change Today -0.20p
% Change -0.06 %
52 Week High 365.60
52 Week Low 214.20
Volume 2,475,594
Shares Issued 958.29m
Market Cap £3,478.61m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 103

IDS Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
20.91% below the market average20.91% below the market average20.91% below the market average20.91% below the market average20.91% below the market average
27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average27.27% below the sector average
Price Trend
86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average86.12% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Income
99.19% below the market average99.19% below the market average99.19% below the market average99.19% below the market average99.19% below the market average
100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average100% below the sector average
Growth
43.89% below the market average43.89% below the market average43.89% below the market average43.89% below the market average43.89% below the market average
33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average33.33% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 0
Buy 1
Neutral 5
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
neutral
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IDS Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Final
Ex-Div 22-Aug-24 28-Jul-22
Paid 30-Sep-24 06-Sep-22
Amount 2.00p 13.30p

Trades for 31-Mar-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:37 14,174 @ 363.00p
16:37 331,815 @ 363.00p
16:37 28,258 @ 363.00p
16:35 4,491 @ 363.00p
16:35 405,924 @ 363.00p

IDS Key Personnel

CEO Martin Seidenberg
CFO Michael Frederick Snape

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