International Distribution Services plc (LON:IDS)
Market Cap | 3.46B |
Revenue (ttm) | 13.16B |
Net Income (ttm) | 252.00M |
Shares Out | 963.85M |
EPS (ttm) | 0.26 |
PE Ratio | 13.75 |
Forward PE | 17.04 |
Dividend | 0.02 (0.56%) |
Ex-Dividend Date | May 2, 2025 |
Volume | 1,113,948 |
Average Volume | 2,755,020 |
Open | 359.20 |
Previous Close | 359.20 |
Day's Range | 359.00 - 359.40 |
52-Week Range | 313.20 - 368.00 |
Beta | 1.25 |
RSI | 35.26 |
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]
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Ex-minister Greg Hands to advise Royal Mail after takeover by 'Czech Sphinx' billionaire
Greg Hands (pictured), who lost his seat in last year's election, will advise Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group on business matters in the UK and Germany.

Ex-UK trade minister Greg Hands to advise Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský
Former Tory MP will work with tycoon’s EP Group, which bought Royal Mail, in Britain and Germany The former Conservative trade minister Greg Hands has been appointed as a strategic adviser to a Czech ...
Former UK Trade Minister to Advise Czech Billionaire Kretinsky
Former UK trade minister Greg Hands has been appointed full-time adviser to Daniel Kretinsky, just weeks after the Czech billionaire bought the country’s struggling Royal Mail postal service.
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Family sue Royal Mail after delivery driver left in 'vegetative state' following 7.5 tonne lorry crash
Petar Mitev was struck by an HGV while on a zebra crossing at Royal Mail’s Jubilee Mail Centre in Feltham

Royal Mail takeover deal by Czech billionaire to be finalised this month - Royal Mail
Royal Mail takeover deal by Czech billionaire to be finalised this month - Royal Mail

Royal Mail could face fine after missing delivery targets
The company has already faced a £16m penalty for failing to deliver post on time over the previous two years.

Royal Mail faces questions over missed delivery targets
Postal regulator launches investigation after almost a quarter of first-class mail arrives late The postal regulator has launched an investigation into Royal Mail for missing its annual delivery targe...

Ofcom investigates Royal Mail after it misses delivery targets again
Royal Mail chief operating officer Alistair Cochrane said its quality of service ‘is not yet where we want it to be’.

New stamps celebrate CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia
The main set of eight stamps features pictures specially commissioned for Royal Mail by British illustrator Keith Robinson.

Evri and DHL UK merger planned to deliver Royal Mail rival
A tie-up between Evri and DHL's UK parcel delivery business has been agreed, potentially creating a larger rival to Royal Mail.

Royal Mail owner’s £3.6bn takeover approved by shareholders
Investors holding 80% of the group’s share capital had approved the takeover by Wednesday afternoon, making the offer ‘unconditional’, EP announced.

Royal Mail takeover approved by shareholders
The approval of the £3.6bn deal will see the 500-year institution taken over by Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group.

Investors set to approve takeover of Royal Mail by Daniel Kretinsky
The deal looks likely to be waved through after clearing regulatory hurdles, including a probe under national security rules.
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...

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!’.

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?
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.

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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