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
-0.06%
Market Cap3.46B
Revenue (ttm)13.16B
Net Income (ttm)252.00M
Shares Out963.85M
EPS (ttm)0.26
PE Ratio13.75
Forward PE17.04
Dividend0.02 (0.56%)
Ex-Dividend DateMay 2, 2025
Volume1,113,948
Average Volume2,755,020
Open359.20
Previous Close359.20
Day's Range359.00 - 359.40
52-Week Range313.20 - 368.00
Beta1.25
RSI35.26
Earnings DateMay 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]

Founded 1516
Employees 160,980
Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol IDS
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Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom for missing delivery targets

Communications regulator finds ‘millions of important letters are arriving late’ and ‘persistent failures’ Royal Mail has been fined £21m for missing its annual first- and second-class mail delivery t...

2 days ago - The Guardian

Royal Mail fined £21m by watchdog for missing mail delivery targets

It represents the third-largest fine ever imposed by communications regulator Ofcom.

2 days ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail fined millions for failing to meet delivery targets - again

Royal Mail has been fined £21m for failing to meet delivery targets for the third year in a row.

2 days ago - Sky News

Royal Mail fined £21m after post arrived late

It's the outcome of an Ofcom investigation after the postal service failed on its delivery targets.

2 days ago - BBC

Royal Mail vows to almost double parcel points to 45,000 by 2030

The firm said every customer living in an urban area will be no more than five minutes’ walk away from a locker, shop or parcel postbox.

3 days ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail and TikTok Shop form partnership to offer delivery network to UK sellers

British postal company Royal Mail on Friday announced a partnership with TikTok Shop, allowing sellers on the social media platform's e-commerce arm to access its delivery network, including parcel co...

7 days ago - Reuters

Pass go, collect Monopoly stamps

Royal Mail issues stamps to mark the 90th anniversary of the popular board game.

8 days ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail owner to rebrand thousands of Collect+ stores as it buys stake

International Distribution Services to create Royal Mail Shops for collecting, sending and returning parcels Business live – latest updates Thousands of convenience stores will be branded Royal Mail S...

17 days ago - The Guardian

Thousands of Collect+ shops to rebrand to Royal Mail after owner buys stake

International Distribution Services announced it had acquired a 49% stake in Collect+ with a £43.9 million investment.

17 days ago - Evening Standard

Travel FX slow to refund £1,500 after Singapore dollars failed to show

Currency firm insisted I had to wait for Royal Mail to investigate, forcing me to buy another £1,500 elsewhere I ordered £1,500-worth of Singapore dollars from Travel FX on 5 July. The money was taken...

17 days ago - The Guardian

Royal Mail to hire 20,000 extra workers for Christmas period

New jobs will be split across two parcel hubs, four seasonal parcel sorting centres and 37 mail centres across the country.

18 days ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail Owner IDS Eyes First Bonds Since Kretinsky Buyout

International Distribution Services Ltd., which operates the UK’s Royal Mail postal service, is planning to raise two benchmark-sized euro bonds in its first debt sale since being bought by Czech bill...

4 weeks ago - Financial Post

Royal Mail issues quacking collection of stamps celebrating duck species

A total of 10 new stamps celebrate the diverse range of ducks in the UK.

6 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail returns to profit for first time in three years

The small profit comes as the company looks to turnaround its fortunes under new ownership.

6 weeks ago - BBC

Royal Mail move to scrap second class post on Saturdays to take ‘many months’

Royal Mail said it had started ‘detailed work’ ahead of rolling out the changes nationwide, but that it will continue well into 2026.

6 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail returns to profit as takeover brings ‘year of change’

Rise in profit comes a year after parent company IDS agreed to acquisition by Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group Business live – latest updates Royal Mail has made a profit for the first time in three years,...

6 weeks ago - The Guardian

I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction | Gareth Roberts

I was too skinny to realise my dream, she said – but then I got the chance to help others overcome their fear of the water In my youth, I secretly harboured a dream of swimming the Channel. When I was...

6 weeks ago - The Guardian

Royal Mail owner set to return to profit in first figures since £3.6bn takeover

Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Group completed its takeover of Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services in June.

7 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail launches services to help customers post to US after new charges

Goods valued at 800 dollars or less will no longer be exempt from US import duties and taxes from August 29.

7 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Solar-powered postboxes being rolled out across UK

Royal Mail says the revamped design will help it compete in small parcel deliveries.

7 weeks ago - BBC

Royal Mail to introduce 3,500 parcel-friendly ‘postboxes of the future’

Drop-down drawers for bigger parcels mark the first major redesign in 175 years.

7 weeks ago - Evening Standard

Royal Mail stops accepting packages to US over Trump’s tariffs

Shipments will be suspended from Tuesday until launch of new service which will add extra fee

7 weeks ago - The Telegraph

Some 70% of consumers have received scam message from ‘trusted source’ – survey

The UK’s most impersonated brands are Royal Mail and Evri, the study for TransUnion found.

7 weeks ago - Evening Standard

European Postal Services Halt US Shipments As Trump Administration Ends 'De Minimis' Loophole For All Imports

European postal services have suspended shipments to the U.S. due to the expiration of a duty-free exemption on low-value packages. De Minimis Turmoil The expiration of the “de minimis” exemption, whi...

7 weeks ago - Benzinga

Royal Mail still missing delivery targets after sale to Czech tycoon Křetínský

Both first and second class mail lag behind Ofcom’s target in quarterly update after EP Group’s takeover Royal Mail missed its targets by delivering nearly a quarter of first class mail late in the fi...

2 months ago - The Guardian