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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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.

1 day 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 ...

2 days 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.

2 days 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

5 days 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

7 days 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.

11 days 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...

12 days 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’.

12 days 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.

20 days 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.

21 days 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.

4 weeks 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.

5 weeks ago - BBC

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.

5 weeks ago - This is Money

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...

7 weeks 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!’.

7 weeks 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?

7 weeks 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.

7 weeks 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.

7 weeks 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.

7 weeks 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...

7 weeks 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.

7 weeks 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...

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months ago - Evening Standard