London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

London Stock Exchange Group plc operates as a financial markets infrastructure and data provider primarily in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Data & Analytics, Capital Markets, and Post Trade. It operates a range of international equity, fixed income, exchange-traded funds/exchange-traded products, and foreign exchange markets through the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Turquoise, FXall, Matching, and Tradeweb. The company also provides information and data products, such as indexes, benchmarks, real time pricing data and trade reporting, and reconciliation services, as well as network connection and services; market trading services; and clearing, risk management, capital optimization, and regulatory reporting solutions. In addition, it licenses capital markets; installs software; and provides maintenance, and events and media services. The company was founded in 1698 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: £104.40 to £106
• 50-Day Range: 9,948 to £106.15
• 52-Week Range: 8,128 to £110.80
• Volume: 429,290 shs
• Average Volume: 1.73 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £55.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7,623.19
• Dividend Yield: 1.14%
• Price Target: GBX 7,953.75
• Consensus Rating: Buy

London Stock Exchange Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

London Stock Exchange Group scored higher than 18% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

London Stock Exchange Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.17, and is based on 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

London Stock Exchange Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of London Stock Exchange Group is 7,612.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 132.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of London Stock Exchange Group is 7,612.32, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 393.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

London Stock Exchange Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.72. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

London Stock Exchange Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.45. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for LSEG.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

London Stock Exchange Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

London Stock Exchange Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of London Stock Exchange Group is 8,695.65%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for LSEG.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.13

News Sentiment

London Stock Exchange Group has a news sentiment score of 0.13. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.49 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for London Stock Exchange Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added London Stock Exchange Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, London Stock Exchange Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £2,706,029.34 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 5.64% of the stock of London Stock Exchange Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

66.02% of the stock of London Stock Exchange Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LSEG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LSEG shares performed this year?

London Stock Exchange Group's stock was trading at GBX 9,274 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LSEG shares have increased by 13.3% and is now trading at £105.05.
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How do I buy shares of London Stock Exchange Group?

Shares of LSEG stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.
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What other stocks do shareholders of London Stock Exchange Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that London Stock Exchange Group investors own include Diageo (DGE), Glencore (GLEN), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), AstraZeneca (AZN), Barclays (BARC), BP (BP) and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/18 Dividend: 8/15/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/18/2024
• Today: 10/22/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:LSEG
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.lseg.com
• Phone: 44 20 7797 1000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 25,608
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 7,953.75
• High Stock Price Target: £110
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 115
• Potential Upside/Downside: -24.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.17
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 1.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7,623.19
• Forward P/E Ratio: 25.94
• P/E Growth: 1.72
• Net Income: £681 million
• Net Margins: 7.93%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.36%
• Return on Assets: 0.13%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 43.66
• Current Ratio: 1.00
• Quick Ratio: 0.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £8.59 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.49
• Cash Flow: GBX 585.36 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.97
• Book Value: GBX 4,291 per share
• Price / Book: 2.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 530,100,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £55.77 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.41