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LSEG Delivers Strong 2025 Growth, Boosts Payouts and Doubles Down on AI Data Strategy

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  • LSEG posted robust 2025 growth, higher margins and EPS, and returned £2.8bn to shareholders.
  • The group is deepening AI data partnerships and post-trade innovation, guiding for continued growth and buybacks.
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LSEG Delivers Strong 2025 Growth, Boosts Payouts and Doubles Down on AI Data Strategy

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

London Stock Exchange Group reported strong 2025 results, with total income excluding recoveries up 7.1% on an organic constant-currency basis and broad-based growth across Data & Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence and Markets. Adjusted EBITDA rose 11.8% with margin expanding to 50.3%, adjusted EPS increased 15.7% to 420.6p, and robust cash generation supported £2.8bn returned to shareholders and a 15.4% dividend increase.

Management highlighted growing demand for its “LSEG Everywhere” AI-ready data strategy, signing major long-term data and workflow contracts worth £1.9bn in the fourth quarter and partnering with platforms such as Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI and Snowflake. Strategic moves included bank investment in Post Trade Solutions, innovation in digital and private markets infrastructure, and guidance for continued mid-to-high single-digit income growth, rising margins, strong cash flow and a further £3bn in share buybacks through 2027.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:LSEG) stock is a Buy with a £110.00 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 Neutral.

The score is primarily supported by strong financial performance, particularly high operating margins and accelerating free cash flow growth. This is offset by weak technicals showing a pronounced downtrend and bearish momentum, and by a stretched valuation given the high P/E and only modest dividend yield.

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

More about London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange Group is a global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, offering market trading venues, post-trade services, indices, benchmarks and extensive financial data and analytics. Its businesses span Data & Analytics, FTSE Russell, Risk Intelligence, Markets and Post Trade Solutions, serving major financial institutions worldwide with trusted, AI-ready data and workflow tools.

Average Trading Volume: 1,524,190

Technical Sentiment Signal: Hold

Current Market Cap: £38.68B

See more insights into LSEG stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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