Consensus

2024 - 2026 consensus

LSEG analyst consensus - 08 November 2024

Basis of consensus

Consensus has been compiled from financial estimates (models) provided by 16 third-party research analysts. Models which include material errors in calculation have been excluded.

Download LSEG's 2024-2026 consensus, including highs and lows for each year. 

 
Analyst ratings Buy Hold Sell
  12 6 1
Consensus target share price (p) 11,459    
Closing share price as of 08/11/2024 (p) 10,745    
£m 2024 2025 2026
Revenue Consensus Consensus Consensus
       
Workflows 1,907 1,973 2,074
Data & Feeds 1,878 2,002 2,163
Analytics 221 233 249
Data & Analytics 4,005 4,209 4,486
       
Subscription 611 667 731
Asset based 299 318 350
FTSE Russell 909 987 1,083
       
Risk Intelligence 530 587 655
       
Equities 240 247 256
FX 255 268 282
Fixed income, derivatives & other 1,308 1,471 1,628
Capital Markets 1,803 1,986 2,165
       
OTC Derivatives 570 612 657
Securities & Reporting 233 226 233
Non-Cash Collateral 112 117 121
Post Trade 915 955 1,011
NTI 264 256 263
Post Trade income 1,179 1,211 1,274
       
Other 13 14 16
Total Income (excl. recoveries) 8,441 8,994 9,678
Organic constant currency YoY growth (%) 7.3% 7.2%  
       
Recoveries 365 369 373
Total Income (incl. recoveries) 8,806 9,363 10,052
       
Cost of Sales (1,162) (1,211) (1,270)
Gross Profit 7,643 8,151 8,782
       
Adjusted opex (3,567) (3,739) (3,925)
       
Income from equity investments 18 16 16
Share of profit / (loss) after tax of associates (1) (0) (0)
Adjusted EBITDA 4,094 4,429 4,872
Adjusted EBITDA margin (%) ex-recoveries 48.5% 49.2% 50.3%
       
Underlying depreciation and amortisation (966) (999) (1,024)
Adjusted operating profit 3,127 3,429 3,848
       
Net finance expense (211) (234) (232)
Adjusted profit before tax 2,917 3,196 3,616
       
Tax (717) (783) (885)
Tax rate 24.6% 24.5% 24.5%
Adjusted profit after tax 2,199 2,413 2,731
       
Non-controlling interest (321) (320) (354)
Underlying profit from continuing operations 1,879 2,092 2,378
       
Weighted Average number of shares 533.4 530.4 528.2
       
Adjusted basic EPS 352.2 394.6 450.2
       
Total dividend (£m) 666 732 826
Dividend per share (p) 124.9 138.0 156.5

Please note that any opinions, estimates or forecasts regarding London Stock Exchange Group plc performance made by these analysts are theirs alone and do not represent opinions, forecasts or predictions of the London Stock Exchange Group plc or its management. The number of analysts that are included in the above consensus may differ from the total number of analysts that cover the London Stock Exchange Group plc, due to out of date forecasts (from before the latest set of results) or change at the analysts' company.