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London Stock Exchange Group(LSE)

Sector:

General Financial

Index:

FTSE 100

Market Cap

£2,248.44m

Change Today

Price Up40.50p

Share Price

824.50p

LSE Overview

The London Stock Exchange is one of the world’s oldest stock exchanges. It operates two primary markets, the Main Market and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), and provides an extensive financial news and information service. There has been bid interest from rival European operators Deutsch Borse and Euronext.

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.9% 3.6%
Div Cover 3.0 2.7
Op Mrgn 48.5% 45.0%
ROCE 107.0%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 11.3 11.3
PEG 0.4 96.4
Pr/Revenue 4.1 3.4
Pr/Book 1.8  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 56.3% 19.9%
PBT 45.3% 25.6%
EPS 30.1% 0.1%
DPS 33.3% 12.0%

LSE Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-04 a237.10 a88.80 21.20p 16.5 16.5 +1% 4.80p 1.4%
31-Mar-05 244.40 92.20 24.20p 18.7 1.3 +14% 7.00p 1.5%
31-Mar-06 291.10 93.50 27.80p 38.0 2.5 +15% 12.00p 1.1%
31-Mar-07 349.60 161.50 56.20p 22.3 0.2 +102% 18.00p 1.4%
31-Mar-08 546.40 234.70 73.10p 16.5 0.6 +30% 24.00p 2.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

LSE Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Mar-09 655.17 294.84 73.19p 10.7 91.6 0% 26.87p 3.6%
31-Mar-10 675.27 319.00 80.29p 9.8 1.0 +10% 30.29p 4.1%

Covering analysts: Bernstein Research, Citigroup Investment Research, Credit Suisse, HSBC Securities, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley

LSE Company Announcements

Result of AGM 09-Jul-2008 16:53 RNS
AGM Statement 09-Jul-2008 12:13 RNS
Interim Management Statement 09-Jul-2008 07:00 RNS

LSE ShareCast News

London close: Stocks end higher 23-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London afternoon: Banks excite Footsie 23-Jul-2008 ShareCast
London midday: Stocks up on financials 23-Jul-2008 ShareCast

LSE Top Newspaper Links

Shareholders want LSE to name fined Aim firms 17-Jul-2008 Telegraph
LSE shares up 10 per cent as revenue figures bea... 10-Jul-2008 The Independent
Trade-in by LSE 27-Jun-2008 Sun

Latest LSE Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

LSE Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 824.50p Price Up
Change Today +40.50p
52 Week High 1,979.00p
52 Week Low 671.00p
Volume 1,599,290
Shares Issued 272.70m
Market Cap £2,248.44m
Beta 1.49
RiskGrade 346

LSE Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
80.62% below the market average80.62% below the market average80.62% below the market average80.62% below the market average80.62% below the market average
93.13% below the sector average93.13% below the sector average93.13% below the sector average93.13% below the sector average93.13% below the sector average
Price Trend
47.15% below the market average47.15% below the market average47.15% below the market average47.15% below the market average47.15% below the market average
37.74% below the sector average37.74% below the sector average37.74% below the sector average37.74% below the sector average37.74% below the sector average
Income
7.13% below the market average7.13% below the market average7.13% below the market average7.13% below the market average7.13% below the market average
52.69% below the sector average52.69% below the sector average52.69% below the sector average52.69% below the sector average52.69% below the sector average
Growth
86.25% above the market average86.25% above the market average86.25% above the market average86.25% above the market average86.25% above the market average
54.59% above the sector average54.59% above the sector average54.59% above the sector average54.59% above the sector average54.59% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 5
Sell 1
Strong Sell 1
Total 9
neutral
Broker recommendations should not be taken as investment advice, and are provided by the authorised brokers listed on this page.

LSE Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 16-Jul-08 05-Dec-07
Paid 11-Aug-08 04-Jan-08
Amount 16.00p 8.00p

Trades for 23-Jul-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 3,500 @ 824.50p
16:35 170,400 @ 824.50p
16:29 24 @ 821.50p
16:29 341 @ 821.50p
16:28 66 @ 820.50p

LSE Key Personnel

CEO Clara Furse
Chair Christopher S Gibson-Smith
CFO Doug Webb

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