International Distribution Services plc (LON:IDS)

London flag London · Delayed Price · Currency is GBP · Price in GBX
366.00
-0.20 (-0.05%)
Apr 24, 2025, 10:35 AM BST
32.90%
Market Cap 3.51B
Revenue (ttm) 13.16B
Net Income (ttm) 252.00M
Shares Out 957.50M
EPS (ttm) 0.26
PE Ratio 14.02
Forward PE 16.18
Dividend 0.02 (0.55%)
Ex-Dividend Date Aug 22, 2024
Volume 333,770
Average Volume 4,287,767
Open 366.00
Previous Close 366.20
Day's Range 366.00 - 366.20
52-Week Range 264.60 - 368.00
Beta 1.37
RSI 66.07
Earnings Date May 19, 2025

About LON:IDS

International Distribution Services plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a universal postal service provider in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company offers parcels and letter delivery services under the Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide brands. It also provides services for the collection, sorting, and delivery of parcels and letters. In addition, the company operates ground-based parcel delivery networks in Europe that covers 40 countries and nation states. Further, it provides express parcel delivery and logistic... [Read more]

Sector Industrials
Founded 1516
Employees 160,980
Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol IDS
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This AI-generated action figure trend is all over social media. But is it just harmless fun?

In a new trend, people are using generative AI tools like ChatGPT to reimagine themselves as dolls or action figures. And it's proven itself popular, as celebrities, politicians, institutions and majo...

9 days ago - CBC News

Rory McIlroy’s career grand slam celebrated with Royal Mail postmark

Stamped envelopes posted between April 15-17 will be postmarked with ‘Congratulations, Rory McIlroy, on completing your career Grand Slam!’.

9 days ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail: The curious case of why a billionaire wants to buy what looks like a fading relic

From the end of April, the 500-year-old Royal Mail will be controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky who co-owns a football club - but why does he want it?

10 days ago - BBC

Britain's iconic red postboxes are getting a 21st-century makeover to handle returns and secondhand sellers

Royal Mail is testing postboxes with larger slots and a barcode scanner so secondhand sellers and online shoppers don't have to queue at post offices.

13 days ago - Business Insider

Royal Mail trials postboxes for small parcels

The trial gives "our iconic postboxes a new lease of life", says Royal Mail chief Emma Gilthorpe.

13 days ago - BBC

NHS to be given its own Royal Mail postage class

An agreement has been reached between Royal Mail and the health service to introduce a barcode system specifically for NHS letters.

14 days ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner

Five new boxes in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire enable company to cash in on boom in secondhand selling Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered “postbox of the future” with a built-in barcode reade...

14 days ago - The Guardian

Postboxes upgraded with solar panels in high-tech parcel trial

Solar-powered postboxes with an extra-large slot for parcels are being trialled by Royal Mail.

14 days ago - Sky News

Royal Mail calls on Ofcom to drop ‘unnecessary regulation’

Company tells communications regulator that parcel tracking on standard services is what customers want amid overhaul of universal service obligation Royal Mail has asked Ofcom to allow it to offer tr...

14 days ago - The Guardian

Royal Mail installs parcel lockers in Sainsbury’s supermarkets

UK postal group is seeking to catch up with rivals ahead of Daniel Křetínský’s takeover

16 days ago - Financial Times

Royal Mail 2025 prices: how much more you'll have to pay as price on all stamps increased

Royal Mail stamps are included in the large number of price hikes this month

16 days ago - Evening Standard

Who is Daniel Křetínský? Czech billionaire gets green light to buy Royal Mail

He’s nicknamed the 'Czech Sphinx' due to his enigmatic approach to business and could buy the Royal Mail as soon as this month

21 days ago - Evening Standard

Billionaire Kretinsky secures regulatory approval for Royal Mail takeover bid

Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's takeover of Royal Mail-owner International Distribution Services has cleared all regulatory conditions, his company EP Group said on Thursday.

21 days ago - Reuters

Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics | Kate Maltby

A new set of Royal Mail stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the land It is possible to have too much trust in a marriage. The mythic Welsh warrior Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who appears...

25 days ago - The Guardian

From The Simpsons to Werner Herzog: the coolest, craziest, scariest Nessies ever

Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers – and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the crackpot It ...

4 weeks ago - The Guardian

Royal Mail launches mythical creatures stamp collection

Myths and fables from across the UK are illustrated in the set of stamps.

5 weeks ago - BBC

Royal Mail reveals new set of stamps illustrating well-known mythical creatures

The stamps were illustrated by London-based artist Adam Simpson.

5 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail Pursues Supply Chain Decarbonisation with Watershed

LONDON, UK, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Royal Mail delivers letters and parcels to each of the UK's 32 million addresses. It is now working with Watershed, the leading enterprise sustainability...

5 weeks ago - GlobeNewsWire

First-class stamp price climbs to £1.70 in ‘blow to consumers’

Royal Mail has more than doubled the price of first-class stamps since 2020, when they cost 76p.

6 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail to increase price of first-class stamp to £1.70

Cost of second-class service to rise to 87p in sixth increase in little more than three years Business live – latest updates Royal Mail is to increase the cost of first and second-class stamps for wha...

6 weeks ago - The Guardian

How high will it go? Cost of a first class stamp rising to £1.70 from 7 April

International Distribution Services, the owner of Royal Mail, also announced that the price of second class stamps will rise by 2p or 2.4 per cent to 87p.

6 weeks ago - This is Money

Price of first-class stamp to rise to £1.70

The cost of a second-class stamp will also rise to 87p on 7 April, Royal Mail announces.

6 weeks ago - BBC

Romanian political crisis delays Czech tycoon's £3.6bn Royal Mail takeover

Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group said the only regulatory bar still to be cleared relates to its foreign direct investment in Romania.

7 weeks ago - This is Money

Billionaire Kretinsky's Royal Mail takeover bid delayed

The completion of EP Group's takeover of Royal Mail-owner International Distribution Services is likely to be delayed to the second quarter of 2025 due to regulatory issues in Romania, the company sai...

7 weeks ago - Reuters

Green light for £1.2bn ‘bulk mail’ claim against Royal Mail owner to go to trial

Class action accuses International Distribution Services of abusing ‘dominant position’ in market A £1.2bn class action claim accusing the owner of Royal Mail of abusing its “dominant position” in the...

7 weeks ago - The Guardian