London Stock Exchange Plans Tokenized Trading
The move comes as the exchange fights to grow its relevance amid declining public listings and increased retail and institutional interest in crypto.
The move comes as the exchange fights to grow its relevance amid declining public listings and increased retail and institutional interest in crypto.
LONDON & ST HELIER, Jersey--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Payward, the developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, and the London Stock Exchange are partnering to advance the tokenization of UK equity markets. In the coming weeks, the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange will be available as xStocks, the world's most widely traded tokenized equities framework. Together the two firms will explore how onchain distribution and regulated market infrastructure can support the next.
London Stock Exchange Group is downgraded to 'HOLD' with a reiterated price target of £78/share, citing valuation and capital allocation concerns. LSEGY's strong core business and solid AEPS growth are offset by slow AI monetization and rising refinancing costs, tempering forward growth expectations. Current buybacks are seen as value-destructive at a 5.2% earnings yield versus a 6-7% WACC, raising concerns about capital deployment priorities.
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEGY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
London Stock Exchange Group LON: LSEG reported stronger first-half growth, margin expansion and cash generation, while raising its full-year revenue and EBITDA margin outlook. The company also emphasized its expanding role as a data and technology partner for financial-services customers adopting artificial intelligence.
The London Stock Exchange has unveiled plans for a new near-continuous trading venue, joining a global race among exchanges to extend the trading day. The venue, LSE 24, will run from Monday to Friday and is designed to support digital, algorithmic and so-called agentic trading, where AI agents execute orders.
UBS has reiterated its buy rating on London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LSE:LSEG), arguing the shares have become too cheap to ignore after a sharp recent decline. Michael Werner, an analyst at the Swiss bank, kept a price target of 11,700p, implying upside of around 35%.
Investors looking for stocks in the Securities and Exchanges sector might want to consider either London Stock Exchange Group plc - Unsponsored ADR (LSEGY) or CME Group (CME). But which of these two stocks offers value investors a better bang for their buck right now?
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has launched a last-ditch effort to thwart a regulatory move that seeks to boost the transparency of UK stock trading.
The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) share price has pulled back in the past few weeks, moving from the April high of 10,120p to the current 9,162p. This retreat will likely be brief as the company's fundamentals are still strong and it has slowly formed the bullish inverted head-and-shoulders pattern.
Investors interested in stocks from the Securities and Exchanges sector have probably already heard of London Stock Exchange Group plc - Unsponsored ADR (LSEGY) and Nasdaq (NDAQ). But which of these two stocks is more attractive to value investors?
The AI risk facing London Stock Exchange Group PLC's (LSE:LSEG) business model is "limited", that's according to analysts at UBS who have repeated a 'Buy' rating and pointed to nearly 30% potential upside. Moreover, UBS analysts reckon last week's AI-driven wobble has opened an “attractive entry point” into the market infrastructure and data group.
London Stock Exchange Group plc - Unsponsored ADR (LSEGY) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEGY) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
London Stock Exchange Group has transformed itself into a diversified, global data powerhouse. LSEG is now the No. 2 global provider of essential financial data, leveraging strategic partnerships with Microsoft and Thomson Reuters to expand offerings and interoperability. Approximately 75% of LSEG's income is now recurring, with subscription-based DaaS revenue, underpinned by long-term contracts and broad, real-time news access.
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London Stock Exchange Group remains a Buy, supported by robust 2025 results and clear growth targets for 2026 and beyond. Management expects subscription businesses (Data & Analytics, FTSE Russell, and Risk Intelligence) to accelerate growth to ~6.5% in 2026 and ~7% in 2027. LSEG's proprietary real-time and historical datasets position the company well to benefit from increasing AI-driven data consumption, while management targets further EBITDA margin expansion of ~150 bp over 2027–29 on top of gains expected in 2026.
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEGY) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
London Stock Exchange Group is upgraded to 'BUY' with a new £78/share price target, citing a compelling valuation after a 22% share price decline. LSEG's operational results remain strong, with net income and total income up, despite market concerns over AI disruption and London's post-Brexit status. The current 18x P/E is below the 20-year average, offering 15%+ annualized upside potential, supported by 9-11% forecasted annual EPS growth.
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEGY) is rated "Strong Buy" as AI disruption fears appear overblown and shares trade at a discount to peers and their historical average. LSEG's Data & Analytics segment, central to AI concerns, derives most of its revenue from proprietary and specialized data that is less vulnerable to disruption. FTSE Russell, contributing over 10% of revenue, benefits from structural ETF growth and operating leverage, supporting margin and earnings expansion.