London Stock Exchange Group Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of LS4 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

LS4 (€24.88) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (€19.25)

Is LS4 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

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Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LS4 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

DiscountedCashFlow

Community Contributor

€19.25

Fair Value

29.2% overvalued

Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: LS4 (€24.88) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€19.25)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LS4 is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LS4?

Key metric: As LS4 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LS4. This is calculated by dividing LS4's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LS4's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	46x
Earnings	UK£988.00m
Market Cap	UK£45.41b

LS4 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	5.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	19.9x
PEG Ratio	2.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LS4's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LS4 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	18.5x
DB1 Deutsche Börse	20.5x	6.40%	€41.3b
DBK Deutsche Bank	11.3x	8.33%	€58.2b
DWS DWS Group GmbH KGaA	13.2x	7.29%	€10.6b
300059 East Money InformationLtd	29.1x	9.10%	CN¥368.2b
LS4 London Stock Exchange Group	46x	15.94%	€45.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LS4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46x) compared to the peer average (18.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LS4's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Capital Markets Industry?

3 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
BBHK Deutsche Balaton	2.4x	n/a	US$268.79m
SPT6 Sparta	1.6x	n/a	US$123.79m
ECS0 Eight Capital Partners	1.2x	n/a	US$33.72m

No more companies available in this PE range

3 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LS4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46x) compared to the German Capital Markets industry average (14.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LS4's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LS4 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	46x
Fair PE Ratio	29x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LS4 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AnalystPriceTarget

Community Contributor

€34.66

Fair Value

28.2% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/11/27 02:06
End of Day Share Price	2025/11/27 00:00
Earnings	2025/06/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

London Stock Exchange Group plc is covered by 33 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Daniel Garrod	Barclays
Michael Sanderson	Barclays
Michael Sanderson	Barclays