U.K. Most Popular Stocks

InterContinental Hotels Group

Market Cap: US$23.0b

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

Coca-Cola HBC

Market Cap: UK£15.5b

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.

NEXT

Market Cap: UK£15.2b

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

National Atomic Company Kazatomprom JSC

Market Cap: US$9.8t

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

Legal & General Group

Market Cap: UK£14.9b

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

Airtel Africa

Market Cap: UK£12.9b

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

Associated British Foods

Market Cap: UK£12.8b

Engages in the food, ingredients, and retail businesses worldwide.

Rentokil Initial

Market Cap: UK£11.3b

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

Informa

Market Cap: UK£10.2b

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

Admiral Group

Market Cap: UK£10.1b

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

United Utilities Group

Market Cap: UK£10.0b

Provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom.

SEGRO

Market Cap: UK£9.8b

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 and industrial property.

Smith & Nephew

Market Cap: UK£9.5b

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

Diploma

Market Cap: UK£9.4b

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

Schroders

Market Cap: UK£9.3b

A publicly owned investment manager.

Wise Group

Market Cap: UK£9.2b

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.

Severn Trent

Market Cap: UK£8.9b

Provides water and wastewater services in the United Kingdom.

Centrica

Market Cap: UK£8.5b

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

Intertek Group

Market Cap: UK£8.2b

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

Standard Life

Market Cap: UK£7.8b

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

Sage Group

Market Cap: UK£7.6b

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

Beazley

Market Cap: UK£7.6b

Through its subsidiaries, provides risk insurance and reinsurance solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and rest of Europe.

Bunzl

Market Cap: UK£7.6b

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

M&G

Market Cap: UK£7.5b

Through its subsidiaries, provides investment and savings products to institutional clients and individual policyholders in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Smiths Group

Market Cap: UK£7.4b

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

Marks and Spencer Group

Market Cap: UK£7.2b

Operates various retail stores.

Pearson

Market Cap: UK£6.7b

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

IMI

Market Cap: UK£6.7b

Designs and manufactures fluid and motion control solutions 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.

J Sainsbury

Market Cap: UK£6.6b

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

Games Workshop Group

Market Cap: UK£6.6b

Engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and sale of fantasy miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally.

Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan

Market Cap: US$8.7b

Provides corporate and retail banking services in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Uzbekistan.

Weir Group

Market Cap: UK£6.3b

Produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide.

St. James's Place

Market Cap: UK£6.2b

A publicly owned investment manager.

IG Group Holdings

Market Cap: UK£5.9b

A fintech company, engages in the online trading and investments business in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the United States, Europe, and institutional and emerging markets.

Melrose Industries

Market Cap: UK£5.9b

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

Hiscox

Market Cap: UK£5.6b

Through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and reinsurance services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, and internationally.