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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Royal Mail to stop second class post on Saturdays and stamp costs to be reviewed
Ofcom has given the green light to Royal Mail to axe the six-day-a-week service for second-class letters from later this month.

Royal Mail gets go ahead to axe second-class post on Saturdays
Deliveries will also alternate on weekdays as Ofcom says ruling reflects changing behaviour of users Royal Mail has been given the green light to drop Saturday deliveries of second-class letters and p...

Royal Mail given green light to scrap second class Saturday post from July 28
The regulator said that from July 28, Royal Mail will be allowed to deliver second class post on alternate days from Monday to Friday only.

Royal Mail given go-ahead to scrap second-class post on Saturdays
Regulator Ofcom says fewer second class deliveries will help Royal Mail cut costs.

Royal Mail to scrap second-class post on Saturdays
Royal Mail is to be allowed to scrap second-class stamp deliveries, under a series of reforms proposed by the communications regulator.

Royal Mail reaches three-year pay deal with workers union
International Distribution Services said on Thursday Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have agreed on a three-year pay deal.

Public stock markets are shrinking: where could investors turn for growth?
Royal Mail, Darktrace, Skechers more and more companies are being taken private. But investors neednt miss out. Investing in private companies is no longer off-limits and you can invest from just 10,0...

A first-class service by Royal Mail again | Brief letters
Addressless delivery | Oasis and Our Friends in the North | Measuring the heatwave | Green-ink teacher | Language gripes Following my letter ( 23 June) complimenting the Royal Mail on delivering a le...

Almost 2,200 dog attacks on Royal Mail staff last year
The number of incidents has risen since a drop in the pandemic, although serious injuries are down.

Czech billionaire Kretinsky named chairman of Royal Mail after takeover
Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group closed its £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s owner earlier this month.

Kudos to Royal Mail for a special delivery | Brief letters
An unexpected letter | Security at Brize Norton | Pointless consumption | Moustache surprise | Glastonbury performers | Peeved pedant Following my letter being published on 13 June , I received a lett...

Bags of cannabis found at Royal Mail sorting office
The prosecution says 329kg of cannabis worth millions was imported from America.

New stamps to celebrate the Royal Observatory
Royal Mail released images of the 10 new stamps on the 350th anniversary of the institution.

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.