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

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.

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.

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.

London Stock Exchange reported GBP41.36 in PE Price to Earnings for its fiscal semester ending in June of 2025. Data for London Stock Exchange | LSE - PE Price to Earnings including historical, tables and charts were last updated by Trading Economics this last December in 2025.

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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Between the first quarter of 2007 and the fourth quarter of 2024, the lowest market capitalization of all companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was recorded in the first quarter of 2009, at *** trillion British pounds. As of the fourth quarter of 2024, the market capitalization of the entire LSE amounted to *** trillion British pounds. Although the value of companies trading has fluctuated and increased overall, a downward trend can be seen in the number of companies listed on the LSE.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Ganesh P R

Contents

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, ************************************************ was the leading technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), in terms of market capitalization. The corporation was valued at around ** billion British pounds. It was followed in the ranking by ********** and *****************, which reached market values of ** and ***** billion British pounds, respectively.

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 February 2025, Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc was the leading company in the industrial goods and services sector on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), with a market capitalization of ** billion British pounds. Second on the list was CRH Plc, with a value of **** billion British pounds.

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.

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.

Explore LSEG's Equities Pricing Data, and gain global coverage of over 7 million securities, assets in over 200 exchanges and 20 years of price history.

Description: The "Global Stock Price Archive" is a comprehensive dataset that provides a historical record of stock prices from a wide range of stock markets across the globe. This dataset is a valuable resource for researchers, investors, and analysts seeking to analyze trends, perform financial research, or develop trading strategies. Multi-Market Coverage: Historical stock price data from major stock exchanges worldwide, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange (LSE), Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), and many others.

Time Series Data: Daily, weekly, or monthly stock price information over a significant timeframe, allowing users to track the performance of individual stocks or market indices.

Ticker Symbols: Ticker symbols or stock codes for easy identification of individual companies or securities.

Open, Close, High, Low Prices: Detailed pricing information, including opening prices, closing prices, daily highs, and lows.

Volume and Trading Data: Trading volumes, bid-ask spreads, and other relevant trading statistics.

Adjustments: Adjusted prices to account for factors like dividends, stock splits, and other corporate actions.

Data Formats: The dataset may be available in various formats, such as CSV, Excel, or API access, to accommodate different user needs

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.

The British-Australian mining company Rio Tinto was the second-largest company in the basic resources industry listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as of February 2025, in terms of market capitalization, with a value of over ** billion British pounds. The most valuable basic resources company on the LSE was BHP Group, with a market cap of over ** billion British pounds.

Techsalerator offers an extensive dataset of End-of-Day Pricing Data for all 26 companies listed on the GEMMA (Gilt Edged Market Maker Association) (GEMX) in United Kingdom. This dataset includes the closing prices of equities (stocks), bonds, and indices at the end of each trading session. End-of-day prices are vital pieces of market data that are widely used by investors, traders, and financial institutions to monitor the performance and value of these assets over time.

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Top 5 used data fields in the End-of-Day Pricing Dataset for United Kingdom :

1. Equity Closing Price :The closing price of individual company stocks at the end of the trading day.This field provides insights into the final price at which market participants were willing to buy or sell shares of a specific company.

2. Bond Closing Price: The closing price of various fixed-income securities, including government bonds, corporate bonds, and municipal bonds. Bond investors use this field to assess the current market value of their bond holdings.

3. Index Closing Price: The closing value of market indices, such as the Botswana stock market index, at the end of the trading day. These indices track the overall market performance and direction.

4. Equity Ticker Symbol: The unique symbol used to identify individual company stocks. Ticker symbols facilitate efficient trading and data retrieval.

5. Date of Closing Price: The specific trading day for which the closing price is provided. This date is essential for historical analysis and trend monitoring.

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Top 5 financial instruments with End-of-Day Pricing Data in United Kingdom:

FTSE 100 Index: The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, often referred to as the FTSE 100 or "Footsie," is the main benchmark index of the London Stock Exchange. It tracks the performance of the 100 largest publicly traded companies in the United Kingdom based on market capitalization.

FTSE 250 Index: The FTSE 250 Index is another major stock market index in the United Kingdom. It includes the next 250 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange after the FTSE 100.

Company X: A prominent British multinational corporation that operates in various sectors, such as finance, technology, or energy. This company's stock is actively traded on the London Stock Exchange.

Company Y: A leading British financial institution that offers banking, investment, and financial services both domestically and internationally. This company's stock is widely traded on the London Stock Exchange.

Company Z: A major British pharmaceutical, consumer goods, or manufacturing company with a significant global presence. This company's stock is listed and actively traded on the London Stock Exchange.

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Data fields included:

Equity Ticker Symbol Equity Closing Price Bond Ticker Symbol Bond Closing Price Index Ticker Symbol Index Closing Price Date of Closing Price Equity Name Equity Volume Equity High Price Equity Low Price Equity Open Price Bond Name Bond Coupon Rate Bond Maturity Index Name Index Change Index Percent Change Exchange Currency Total Market Capitalization Dividend Yield Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E) ‍

Q&A:

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1. How complete is the End-of-Day Pricing Data coverage in United Kingdom?

Techsalerator provides comprehensive coverage of End-of-Day Pricing Data for various financial instruments, including equities, bonds, and indices. Thedataset encompasses major companies and securities traded on United Kingdom exchanges.

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