LSEG Cancels 165,088 Shares in Ongoing Buyback, Updates Voting Rights

An update from London Stock Exchange ( (GB:LSEG) ) is now available.

London Stock Exchange Group has repurchased 165,088 of its ordinary shares on 11 March 2026 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme, with prices ranging between 8,374.00p and 8,610.00p and a volume-weighted average price of about 8,468.85p. The shares, acquired from Morgan Stanley & Co. International, will be cancelled, reflecting management’s continued use of buybacks as a capital allocation tool that can support earnings per share and signal confidence in the group’s financial position.

Following this latest tranche and cancellation, LSEG will have 502,452,091 ordinary shares in issue, excluding 21,451,599 shares held in treasury, establishing 502,452,091 total voting rights for regulatory disclosure purposes. The updated share count and voting rights figure provides investors and other market participants with a new denominator for calculating ownership thresholds under UK transparency rules, potentially affecting how significant holdings and changes in positions are reported to the market.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:LSEG) stock is a Buy with a £114.00 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 GB:LSEG Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB: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 GB:LSEG stock, click here.

More about London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) is a global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, best known for operating the London Stock Exchange. The group offers trading, clearing, settlement and post-trade services, as well as financial data and analytics to institutional and corporate clients worldwide, positioning it at the core of international capital markets activity.

Average Trading Volume: 1,804,268

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: £42.21B

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