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LSEG Advances Buyback Programme, Cuts Share Count and Updates Voting Rights

Story Highlights
  • LSEG repurchased over 1.45 million shares in mid May 2026 under its ongoing buyback programme, paying volume weighted average prices in the low nineties.
  • The group will cancel the repurchased shares, leaving 491.8 million voting shares in issue and over 20 million in treasury, clarifying capital structure for investors.
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LSEG Advances Buyback Programme, Cuts Share Count and Updates Voting Rights

Meet Samuel – Your Personal Investing Prophet

London Stock Exchange ( (GB:LSEG) ) has shared an update.

London Stock Exchange Group has continued its previously announced share buyback programme, repurchasing more than 1.45 million ordinary shares via Goldman Sachs International over the period 11–15 May 2026 at volume‑weighted average prices around the low‑£90s. The company plans to cancel these shares, reducing its share count and confirming that the total voting rights will stand at 491,756,329, a figure investors should use when assessing disclosure thresholds and changes in their holdings.

Following cancellation of the repurchased shares, LSEG will retain over 20 million shares in treasury, providing flexibility for future capital management or employee share schemes. The latest tranche of buybacks underlines management’s ongoing capital return strategy and may support earnings per share and shareholder value, while formally updating the market on the adjusted share capital and voting rights structure.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:LSEG) stock is a Buy with a £117.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on London Stock Exchange stock, see the GB:LSEG Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on LSEG Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, LSEG is a Outperform.

The score is driven primarily by solid underlying financial performance (strong revenue growth and operating margins) and a positive earnings outlook with margin expansion, free-cash-flow targets, and substantial buybacks. These positives are tempered by premium valuation, mixed cash-flow stability in the latest period, and technical signals that suggest short-term strength but less favorable long-term trend positioning.

To see Spark’s full report on LSEG stock, click here.

More about London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange Group plc is a global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, operating trading, clearing and post-trade services as well as offering market data and analytics. The group serves institutional and corporate clients worldwide, focusing on capital markets access, risk management and financial information solutions.

Average Trading Volume: 2,065,612

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £44.8B

For an in-depth examination of LSEG stock, go to TipRanks’ Overview page.

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