Between 2007 and 2024, the number of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) decreased significantly. As of the fourth quarter of 2024, ***** companies were listed on the LSE, a decrease of ** companies compared to the previous quarter.

As of February 2025, the number of companies trading on the London Stock Exchange stood at 1,660 - a slight decrease from the previous month, and the lowest number of companies listed during the period under observation. These companies had a combined market capitalization of approximately 4.65 trillion British pounds and daily average trades of approximately 700,000 in February 2024.

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London Stock Exchange reported GBP47.16B in Market Capitalization this December of 2025, considering the latest stock price and the number of outstanding shares.Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Market Capitalization including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

United Kingdom Number of Listed Companies: Annual: Equities data was reported at 990.000 Unit in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 982.000 Unit for 2016. United Kingdom Number of Listed Companies: Annual: Equities data is updated yearly, averaging 2,010.500 Unit from Dec 1972 (Median) to 2017, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,585.000 Unit in 1973 and a record low of 973.000 Unit in 2014. United Kingdom Number of Listed Companies: Annual: Equities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z013: London Stock Exchange: Number of Listed Companies and Securities.

The total market capitalization of all companies trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) took a large hit during the early months of 2020, due mostly part to a mass sell-off of shares caused by the fears surrounding the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Between December 2019 and March 2020, the total value of market capitalization decreased by more than *** billion British pounds (GBP). The overall number of companies currently trading has also been falling. The number of daily trades spiked in March 2020 and then decreased as well. As of February 2025, the total market value of all companies trading on the London Stock Exchange stood at over **** trillion British pounds. European stock exchanges While almost every country has a stock Exchange, in Europe only five exchanges are considered major, with total market capital amounting to over *** trillion euros. The London Stock Exchange is the second largest in Europe and tenth largest worldwide. As of January 2025, Europe’s largest stock exchange, Euronext had a total market capital of listed companies valued at approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars.

United Kingdom Number of Listed Companies: Annual: AIM data was reported at 982.000 Unit in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,044.000 Unit for 2015. United Kingdom Number of Listed Companies: Annual: AIM data is updated yearly, averaging 1,032.500 Unit from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,694.000 Unit in 2007 and a record low of 121.000 Unit in 1995. United Kingdom Number of Listed Companies: Annual: AIM data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z013: London Stock Exchange: Number of Listed Companies and Securities.

United Kingdom Turnover: Volume: AIM: Total data was reported at 133,953,298.006 Unit th in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 101,747,335.128 Unit th for Feb 2025. United Kingdom Turnover: Volume: AIM: Total data is updated monthly, averaging 31,651,339.929 Unit th from Jan 2006 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 231 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 173,519,534.744 Unit th in Jul 2024 and a record low of 7,173,058.808 Unit th in Aug 2010. United Kingdom Turnover: Volume: AIM: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z008: London Stock Exchange: Turnover: AIM Market.

United Kingdom Market Capitalization: LSE: Annual: Equities data was reported at 2,624,992.105 GBP mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,366,329.969 GBP mn for 2016. United Kingdom Market Capitalization: LSE: Annual: Equities data is updated yearly, averaging 855,216.150 GBP mn from Dec 1972 (Median) to 2017, with 46 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,624,992.105 GBP mn in 2017 and a record low of 17,465.700 GBP mn in 1974. United Kingdom Market Capitalization: LSE: Annual: Equities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z004: London Stock Exchange: Market Capitalisation.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP2.22B in Sales Revenues for its fiscal semester ending in June of 2025. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Sales Revenues including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

London Stock Exchange stock price, live market quote, shares value, historical data, intraday chart, earnings per share and news.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP1.12B in EBIT for its fiscal semester ending in June of 2025. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Ebit including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

Disclaimer

This dataset was compiled from publicly available financial data sourced from Yahoo Finance for research and educational purposes only. Redistribution of raw data may be subject to Yahoo Finance’s terms of service. Users are responsible for complying with all applicable data usage policies and regulations.

Description

This dataset contains two CSV files for companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (next, LSE) * raw_financial_metrics_2025_march.csv - latest available financial data (as of March 2025) including metrics such as revenue, net income, P/E ratio, total debt, market capitalisation and industry classification. * historical_stock_prices_2015_2025.csv - 10 years of daily closing stock prices (2015 April 1st - 2025 March 28) for the same set of companies

The dataset is designed to support: * Financial valuation research * Time-series forecasting (e.g., LSTM ARIMA) * Multi-modal learning (e.g., combining static metrics and price trends) * Exploratory analysis by sector, market capitalisation, etc.

Columns Overview

Financial Metrics:

General Company Information

• Ticker: Unique stock symbol used to identify the company on the stock exchange.
• Name: Full name of the company.
• Website: Official company website.
• Address, City, Postcode, Country: Headquarters location details.
• Exchange: Stock exchange where the company is listed (e.g. LSE for London Stock Exchange).

Market & Share Information

• Market Cap: Total market value of a company’s outstanding shares.
• Shares Outstanding: Total number of shares currently issued and held by shareholders.
• Float Shares: Shares available for public trading (excludes insider holdings).

Stock Performance

• Regular Market Price: Latest trading price during regular market hours.
• Regular Market Change / (%): Absolute and percentage change in price from the previous trading day.
• 50 Day Average / 200 Day Average: Average stock prices over the past 50 and 200 days, respectively.
• 52 Week Change: Percentage change in stock price over the past year.
• 52 Week High / Low: Highest and lowest stock prices over the past year.

Valuation Ratios

• Enterprise to Revenue / EBITDA: Valuation multiples showing how the company is priced relative to its revenue or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
• P/E Ratio (Price-to-Earnings): Valuation based on earnings per share.
• P/B Ratio (Price-to-Book): Compares market value to book value.
• Price to Sales (TTM): Market cap divided by total sales over the trailing twelve months.
• PEG Ratio: Price/Earnings ratio adjusted for expected earnings growth.

Financial Strength

• Book Value: Total company equity per share.
• Beta: A Measure of stock volatility relative to the market.
• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: Leverage ratio comparing total debt to shareholder equity.
• Quick Ratio / Current Ratio: Liquidity indicators for meeting short-term obligations.

Cash Flows & Liquidity

• Operating Cash Flow: Cash generated from core business operations.
• Free Cash Flow: Cash available after capital expenditures.
• Total Cash: The Company’s total cash reserves.
• Total Debt: Total liabilities in the form of debt.
• Current Total Assets: Total assets expected to be converted into cash within a year.
• Total Cash Per Share: Cash reserves divided by the number of outstanding shares.

Earnings & Profitability

• Gross Profits: Revenue minus cost of goods sold.
• EBITDA: Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
• Operating Margins / Profit Margins: Efficiency and profitability ratios.
• Forward EPS / Trailing EPS: Projected vs actual earnings per share.
• Earnings Quarterly Growth: Year-over-year change in earnings.
• Revenue Growth: Year-over-year change in revenue.

Dividends

• Dividend Rate: Annual dividend per share.
• Dividend Yield: Dividend as a percentage of the share price.
• Payout Ratio: Proportion of earnings paid out as dividends.

Analyst Sentiment

• Recommendation: Consensus recommendation from financial analysts (e.g., Buy, Hold, Sell).
• Recommendation Mean: Average numerical value of analyst ratings (lower means more favorable).
• Number of Analyst Opinions: Number of analyst reports used to generate recommendation scores.

Stock Prices

• Company Name - the name of the company
• Date (daily) - the dates in the "yyyy-mm-dd" format

Potential Use Cases

• Stock price prediction
• Deep learning models combining tabular and time-series data
• Graham-style intrinsic value estimation
• Sector-wise performance benchmarking
• Feature engineering and data preprocessing experiments

Inspiration

This dataset was created as part of a Data Science research project exploring the use of financial fundamentals and historical price movements to evaluate company value and predict future performance.

In March 2025, the average number of daily trades on the LSE amounted to almost *******, in line with the figures of the previous months and the previous year. This, however, represents a decrease compared to the levels registered before 2023. The average number of daily trades made on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) massively jumped in March 2020. In December 2021, the value had fallen again to *******. In the first months of 2022, the average daily number of trades exceeded *********** again, before decreasing once more in the following months.

As of May 2025, the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca was the leading company listed on the London Exchange (LSE), with a market capitalization of 159 billion British pounds. This made them the largest of all companies listed on the LSE. Seen as the heart of the global financial community, the London Stock Exchange is the second-largest stock market in Europe and ranks eighth globally. Key information The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is among the largest stock market operators globally and ranks 11th in terms of the oldest stock exchanges in existence, with 224 years of operation as of 2025. Performance after Covid The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the global economy, causing considerable volatility on the stock market. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) saw a notable decline in the market capitalization value of its listed companies, reaching its lowest value in March 2020 at approximately three trillion British pounds in correlation with a surge in the average daily number of trades, which peaked at over two billion. Following this initial reaction, the LSE observed a decrease in the average daily active traders, alongside a gradual recovery in the market capitalization of the listed companies.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP811.47B in Assets for its fiscal semester ending in June of 2025. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Assets including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP649M in Net Income for its fiscal semester ending in June of 2025. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Net Income including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP3.48B in Cash and Equivalent for its fiscal semester ending in December of 2024. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Cash And Equivalent including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

United Kingdom Number of New Issues: IPOs data was reported at 8.000 Unit in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.000 Unit for Oct 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: IPOs data is updated monthly, averaging 3.000 Unit from Jan 2018 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.000 Unit in Jul 2018 and a record low of 1.000 Unit in Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: IPOs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z012: London Stock Exchange: Number of Issues and Cancellations.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP779.45B in Current Assets for its fiscal semester ending in June of 2025. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - Current Assets including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.