U.K. Most Popular Stocks

Associated British Foods

Market Cap: UK£14.7b

Operates as a diversified food, ingredients, and retail company worldwide.

NEXT

Market Cap: UK£14.4b

Engages in the retail of clothing, homeware, and beauty products in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally.

InterContinental Hotels Group

Market Cap: UK£13.6b

Owns, manages, franchises, and leases hotels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally.

Legal & General Group

Market Cap: UK£13.3b

Provides various insurance products and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally.

Halma

Market Cap: UK£13.1b

Provides technology solutions in the safety, health, and environmental markets in the United States, Mainland Europe, the United Kingdom, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and internationally.

Coca-Cola HBC

Market Cap: UK£12.3b

Engages in the production, sale, and distribution of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages under franchise in Switzerland, West Coast of Ireland, Central and Eastern Europe, Nigeria, and internationally.

Informa

Market Cap: UK£12.0b

Operates as an international events, digital services, and academic research company in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, China, and internationally.

Smith & Nephew

Market Cap: UK£11.6b

Develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally.

Sage Group

Market Cap: UK£10.4b

Provides technology solutions and services for small and medium businesses in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

National Atomic Company Kazatomprom JSC

Market Cap: US$7.6t

Explores for, produces, processes, markets, and sells uranium and uranium related products.

Wise

Market Cap: UK£10.2b

Provides cross-border and domestic financial services for personal and business customers in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia-Pacific, North America, and internationally.

Admiral Group

Market Cap: UK£10.2b

A financial services company, provides insurance and personal lending products in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States.

Zegona Communications

Market Cap: UK£9.9b

Provides integrated telecommunications services in Spain.

Rentokil Initial

Market Cap: UK£9.5b

Provides route-based services in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Pacific.

Airtel Africa

Market Cap: UK£9.0b

Provides telecommunications and mobile money services in Nigeria, East Africa, and Francophone Africa.

SEGRO

Market Cap: UK£8.9b

SEGRO is a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris, and is a leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses, industrial property and data centres.

Melrose Industries

Market Cap: UK£8.0b

Designs and delivers aerospace components and systems for civil and defence markets in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, North America, and internationally.

Centrica

Market Cap: UK£8.0b

Operates as an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, North America, and internationally.

United Utilities Group

Market Cap: UK£7.8b

Provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom.

Severn Trent

Market Cap: UK£7.8b

Provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom.

Bunzl

Market Cap: UK£7.7b

Operates as a distribution and services company in the North America, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally.

Smiths Group

Market Cap: UK£7.7b

Operates as an industrial technology company in Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally.

J Sainsbury

Market Cap: UK£7.4b

Engages in the food, general merchandise and clothing retailing, and financial services activities in the United Kingdom.

Marks and Spencer Group

Market Cap: UK£7.4b

Operates various retail stores.

Intertek Group

Market Cap: UK£7.4b

Provides quality assurance solutions to various industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, China, Australia, and internationally.

Weir Group

Market Cap: UK£7.1b

Produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide.

Diploma

Market Cap: UK£7.1b

Supplies specialized technical products and services in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, and internationally.

Pearson

Market Cap: UK£6.8b

Provides educational courseware, assessments, and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, other European countries, and internationally.

Auto Trader Group

Market Cap: UK£6.7b

Operates an automotive platform in the United Kingdom.

St. James's Place

Market Cap: UK£6.7b

A publicly owned investment manager.

Phoenix Group Holdings

Market Cap: UK£6.5b

Operates in the long-term savings and retirement business in Europe.

Babcock International Group

Market Cap: UK£6.4b

Engages in the design, development, manufacture, and integration of specialist systems for aerospace, defense, and security in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Africa, North America, Australasia, and internationally.

ICG

Market Cap: UK£6.3b

A private equity firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments.

M&G

Market Cap: UK£6.0b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in savings and investment businesses in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Schroders

Market Cap: UK£5.9b

A publicly owned investment manager.

IMI

Market Cap: UK£5.6b

An engineering company, designs, manufactures, and services engineering products in the United Kingdom, Germany, rest of Europe, the United States, rest of the Americas, China, rest of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa.