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IDS International Distributions Services Plc

271.00
-2.20 (-0.81%)
Last Updated: 13:42:11
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
International Distributions Services Plc LSE:IDS London Ordinary Share GB00BDVZYZ77 ORD 1P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -2.20 -0.81% 271.00 443,284 13:42:11
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
270.80 271.40 276.40 271.00 276.40
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Business Services, Nec 12.04B -873M -0.9126 -2.98 2.6B
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
13:40:52 O 1 270.20 GBX

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30/4/202409:30Royal Mail / IDS1,424
24/11/202210:53Ideal Shopping-the IDEAL investment1,545
24/1/200508:10The Ideal investment for 2005-"cheaper than ASOS"315
02/1/200515:50ideal shopping better late than never126
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International Distributi... (IDS) Most Recent Trades

Trade Time Trade Price Trade Size Trade Value Trade Type
12:40:52270.2012.70O
12:40:52271.003891,054.19AT
12:40:03271.268822,392.50O
12:38:16271.401,4393,905.45AT
12:38:16271.40336911.90AT

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Posted at 30/4/2024 09:20 by International Distributi... Daily Update
International Distributions Services Plc is listed in the Business Services, Nec sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker IDS. The last closing price for International Distributi... was 273.20p.
International Distributi... currently has 956,567,218 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of International Distributi... is £2,599,949,699.
International Distributi... has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of -2.98.
This morning IDS shares opened at 276.40p
Posted at 25/4/2024 20:30 by careful
Free market capitalism is dead in the UK.
Killed off by greed, corruption and workers rights.

IDS/RMG need to right size the business and update it to survive.
Massive overstaffing, many no longer required.

But the state sector, NHS in particular is bloated and a lot worse.
A lazy unreliable workforce, rampant absenteeism as a right.
Why should RMG workers suffer when the state sector is untouchable?

But who can fix it?
We are still recovering from ineffective Boris Johnson who did not give a damn about anything but himself. He crushed the economy.
No doubt he is now making a fortune in ways we do not like to think about.

I read today that Starmer is under pressure from the CWU over the IDS/RMG takeover bid.
They have just agreed to effectively nationalise the railways, who knows what they will do with RMG.

But look at the shambles of Thames Water, totally wrecked by privatisation.

Corruption, Greed, laziness, Unions..we are doomed.
Posted at 22/4/2024 11:56 by careful
It would be crazy not to modify the running of IDS/RMG when the letter part of the business is in such decline, and the parcels are such a growing opportunity.

Gradually this potentially great company will be updated and in time have a share price at least double that of today.
This cheeky bid will focus minds, but either way the bidder is in a win win situation.

The only way to save basket case UK is to have efficiently run UK companies and similarly a more efficient public sector.

I sense the mood s shifting, even the hapless Sunak dared to say the other day that people should not take so much time off and that every day problems were no excuse for missing work.
Posted at 19/4/2024 18:49 by isis
It will be enlightening to see IDS's defence. They are obviously in a better position with no strikes and the Stamp rises, they could also bring next months figures update forward if it is very positive.
The Press are playing into a predators hands by highlighting every letter that goes missing when there are 7billion delivered by Hand every year and upto 20 billion in days gone by. So it's ludicrous to expect every single letter to hit it's target, they are sent and delivered by Humans, these are not digital Bank transactions!
Just look at the Typos and facts Journos get wrong in their reports. Google IDS news and you get 8 different stories about the same thing !
Posted at 18/4/2024 10:56 by careful
complex trading going on according to rns.
hard to understand.

They are always up to something.

Bidder has a vested interest in the share price falling if he is serious about taking the company out with a slightly higher bid.

...What a tangled web we weave......
Posted at 17/4/2024 21:01 by careful
Amazing how the usual suspects such as Goldman the other dealmakers managed to massage the share price down recently to make 320p look like a reasonable offer.

So many knew about this offer and yet the share price was about 210p this morning.

What rigged market, all we can do is to buy value and ignore these false fiddled share prices.
The whole of the UK market is similar, many shares trading at half price.
Posted at 17/4/2024 16:31 by casholaa
The Board of IDS (the "Board") confirms that on 9 April 2024 it received a preliminary and conditional non-binding proposal from EP Group regarding a possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of IDS not already owned by EP Group and its affiliates, namely VESA Equity Investment S.à r.l ("VESA Equity") at 320 pence per share (the "Possible Offer"). VESA Equity is an approximately 27.5% shareholder in IDS.
Posted at 17/4/2024 14:01 by isis
Looks like it was a tester to see reaction imo. The recent Stamp price increase should add around £300m extra revenue.
Seems to have been a lot of adverse News Flow regarding RM recently which sent the share price down regarding Fake Stamps which is out of their control and should be dealt with at National Level.
Counterfeiting Stamps is like Counterfeiting Bank Notes and should be dealt with swiftly.
Posted at 02/11/2023 19:10 by not my real name
Hi tuftymatt,

The general feeling around the business amongst the senior managers is that Royal Mail has indeed turned the corner and is now rapidly accelerating towards break even next year and profit the following year. The reason for todays' rise is, however, probably more to do with this reiterated BUY recommendation from Citigroup.

Good luck to all holders!

NMRN

PS. Runs 3 & 4 now up and running with all teething problems sorted. Looking forward to April when 5 & 6 come on board.

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Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)

Analysts have reiterated their buy recommendation for shares in Royal Mail, which officially changed its trading name and ticker to International Distributions Services PLC (LSE:IDS) last month.

Citigroup analysts have lowered their target price, where they believe the company’s share price would create ‘fair value’ for shareholders, to £3.25 per share.

The current listed share price for International Distributions Services PLC (LSE:IDS) is 261.8p per share, as of Thursday mid-afternoon.

Analysts said they believe that pay increases will be offset by improvements in productivity, operations and network optimisation.

They analysed cost savings from seasonable contracts, reduced sorting hours and sickness rates.

Citigroup analysts estimate that the potential disposal value of the company’s real estate is worth about £240 million, given the network optimisation at Parcelforce and Royal Mail depots.

“We believe that c.10% of pay rises between 2022 and 2025 amounting to £400m will be more than offset by the proposed productivity, operational improvements, and network optimization,” Citigroup analysts said in a research note on Thursday.
Posted at 29/3/2023 21:47 by not my real name
I do not see where this story about selling off GLS has come from. The company have clearly stated their plan would be to float GLS as a separate entity. Each IDS shareholder would be issue with 1 RNG and 1 GLS share for every IDS share held. Each company is already a separate legal identity under the banner of IDS holding company.

GSK did exactly that when they floated Haleon in June last year.

Under this scenario RMG would be effectively a dead duck but GLS (circa£400m annual profits) would be valued at around £4bn or £4 a share. That is why the IDS share price is not tanking when threats of insolvency are being bandied around.

The ideal scenario for shareholders would be to turn RMG into a £400m profit machine as well but if this is not possible...........second prize will do me!

NMRN
Posted at 24/12/2022 13:19 by casholaa
When I look at the 5 year chart, it's pretty much showing what was in 2019, but it IDS and the general economic times, leave me with the impression that things are now worse than ever before. Am I the only one that thinks the IDS share price is well overpriced and doing that Wile E. Coyote stepping off a cliff moment???
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