International Distribution Services plc (LON:IDS)

London flag London · Delayed Price · Currency is GBP · Price in GBX
359.00
-0.20 (-0.06%)
Inactive · Last trade price on May 30, 2025
7.16%
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]

Sector Industrials
Founded 1516
Employees 160,980
Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol IDS
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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.

5 days ago - Evening Standard

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...

5 days ago - The Guardian

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.

5 days ago - Evening Standard

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.

5 days ago - BBC

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.

5 days ago - Sky News

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.

12 days ago - Reuters

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...

12 days ago - MoneyWeek

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...

13 days ago - The Guardian

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.

15 days ago - BBC

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.

18 days ago - Evening Standard

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...

22 days ago - The Guardian

Bags of cannabis found at Royal Mail sorting office

The prosecution says 329kg of cannabis worth millions was imported from America.

5 weeks ago - BBC

New stamps to celebrate the Royal Observatory

Royal Mail released images of the 10 new stamps on the 350th anniversary of the institution.

5 weeks ago - Evening Standard

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.

6 weeks ago - This is Money

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 ...

6 weeks ago - The Guardian

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.

6 weeks ago - Financial Post

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

6 weeks ago - Evening Standard

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

6 weeks ago - The Guardian

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.

7 weeks ago - BBC

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...

7 weeks ago - The Guardian

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’.

7 weeks ago - Evening Standard

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.

2 months ago - Evening Standard

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.

2 months ago - Sky News

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.

2 months ago - Evening Standard

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.

2 months ago - BBC