Top UK companies by market cap

By Nicole Green

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Rank Logo Name Ticker Market Cap Price Today % Country
1 AstraZeneca AZN $268.80 B $84.53 0.60% UK
2 HSBC HSBC $232.98 B $65.92 2.09% UK
3 Shell SHEL $214.63 B $71.42 2.87% UK
4 Linde LIN $212.80 B $453.82 0.95% UK
5 Arm Holdings ARM $164.04 B $154.86 9.26% UK
6 Unilever UL $148.16 B $60.43 2.55% UK
7 Rolls-Royce Holdings RR.L $126.72 B $15.03 1.14% UK
8 British American Tobacco BTI $112.32 B $51.54 0.35% UK
9 Rio Tinto RIO $109.92 B $65.44 2.33% UK
10 BP BP $89.33 B $33.49 2.33% UK
11 GlaxoSmithKline GSK $88.40 B $43.54 0.23% UK
12 RELX RELX $82.42 B $44.82 0.73% UK
13 Aon AON $77.65 B $360.15 0.07% UK
14 BAE Systems BA.L $77.60 B $26.13 1.29% UK
15 National Grid NGG $73.94 B $74.52 1.62% UK
16 Barclays BCS $70.03 B $19.74 0.95% UK
17 Lloyds Banking Group LYG $66.14 B $4.42 0.90% UK
18 London Stock Exchange LSEG.L $61.68 B $119.00 1.53% UK
19 NatWest Group NWG $58.40 B $14.39 0.42% UK
20 3i Group III.L $58.02 B $58.07 0.51% UK
21 Compass Group CPG.L $57.66 B $33.98 0.16% UK
22 Diageo DEO $53.37 B $95.68 0.28% UK
23 Reckitt Benckiser RKT.L $51.49 B $76.25 0.94% UK
24 Ferguson Enterprises FERG $45.40 B $231.47 1.43% UK
25 Standard Chartered STAN.L $44.10 B $19.27 0.86% UK
26 Anglo American AAL.L $43.43 B $39.50 2.74% UK
27 Haleon HLN $40.58 B $9.00 0.22% UK
28 Coca-Cola European Partners CCEP $40.08 B $87.90 0.31% UK
29 Tesco TSCO.L $38.72 B $5.98 0.34% UK
30 Antofagasta ANTO.L $36.62 B $37.15 3.34% UK
31 Prudential PUK $34.96 B $26.76 1.29% UK
32 Imperial Brands IMB.L $33.57 B $41.66 0.70% UK
33 Willis Towers Watson WTW $32.87 B $336.99 0.12% UK
34 Ashtead AHT.L $29.25 B $68.98 1.15% UK
35 Aviva AV.L $27.55 B $9.07 1.01% UK
36 Vodafone VOD $27.41 B $11.30 0.18% UK
37 SSE SSE.L $26.51 B $24.08 0.96% UK
38 BT Group BT-A.L $24.05 B $2.47 0.00% UK
39 Royalty Pharma RPRX $20.99 B $36.00 0.37% UK
40 Associated British Foods ABF.L $20.31 B $28.56 0.14% UK
41 Next plc NXT.L $19.37 B $166.21 0.12% UK
42 Legal & General LGEN.L $17.95 B $3.18 1.15% UK
43 InterContinental Hotels Group IHG $17.84 B $121.11 1.01% UK
44 Halma HLMA.L $17.81 B $46.16 1.03% UK
45 Pentair PNR $17.57 B $107.21 2.40% UK
46 Informa plc INF.L $16.11 B $12.40 1.04% UK
47 Summit Therapeutics SMMT $15.85 B $21.35 5.74% UK
48 nVent Electric NVT $15.44 B $95.98 1.79% UK
49 Smith & Nephew SNN $15.41 B $35.11 1.71% UK
50 TechnipFMC FTI $14.71 B $35.79 3.01% UK
51 Sage Group SGE.L $14.43 B $15.11 0.35% UK
52 Zegona Communications ZEG.L $13.73 B $17.15 0.39% UK
53 Rentokil Initial RTO $13.71 B $26.80 0.37% UK
54 Admiral Group ADM.L $13.52 B $45.26 0.06% UK
55 Wise PLC WISE.L $13.40 B $13.08 0.00% UK
56 CNH Industrial CNH $12.63 B $10.10 3.72% UK
57 SEGRO SGRO.L $11.92 B $8.78 1.26% UK
58 Airtel Africa AAF.L $11.50 B $3.12 0.00% UK
59 Roivant Sciences ROIV $10.95 B $16.04 0.50% UK
60 Melrose Industries MRO.L $10.72 B $8.28 0.71% UK
61 Severn Trent SVT.L $10.70 B $35.55 0.19% UK
62 United Utilities UU.L $10.70 B $15.69 0.30% UK
63 Marks & Spencer MKS.L $10.58 B $5.25 1.46% UK
64 Bunzl BNZL.L $10.52 B $32.57 0.08% UK
65 Centrica CNA.L $10.51 B $2.25 0.06% UK
66 Smiths Group SMIN.L $10.44 B $31.77 1.16% UK
67 Endeavour Mining EDV.TO $10.22 B $41.46 0.33% UK
68 Intertek ITRK.L $10.11 B $64.99 0.37% UK
69 Sainsbury's SBRY.L $10.05 B $4.46 0.54% UK
70 The Weir Group WEIR.L $9.85 B $37.62 0.56% UK
71 Diploma plc DPLM.L $9.76 B $71.33 0.15% UK
72 St. James's Place STJ.L $9.32 B $17.94 1.42% UK
73 Verona Pharma VRNA $9.08 B $106.91 0.00% UK
74 Pearson PSO $9.02 B $13.94 0.36% UK
75 Phoenix Group PHNX.L $8.95 B $8.96 0.98% UK
76 Auto Trader Group AUTO.L $8.92 B $10.20 0.47% UK
77 Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) ICG.L $8.52 B $28.52 0.66% UK
78 Schroders SDR.L $8.31 B $5.32 0.71% UK
79 M&G plc MNG.L $8.23 B $3.48 2.20% UK
80 Babcock International Group BAB.L $8.19 B $16.03 2.28% UK
81 IMI plc IMI.L $7.65 B $30.94 0.26% UK
82 Whitbread WTB.L $7.48 B $43.47 0.35% UK
83 Investec INVR.L $7.47 B $8.48 0.00% UK
84 Beazley BEZ.L $7.40 B $12.48 0.21% UK
85 Barratt Redrow BTRW.L $7.23 B $5.10 1.43% UK
86 Rightmove RMV.L $7.16 B $9.04 0.20% UK
87 Kingfisher KGF.L $6.92 B $3.99 0.97% UK
88 Spirax-Sarco Engineering SPX.L $6.89 B $92.38 0.51% UK
89 JD Sports Fashion JD.L $6.64 B $1.28 1.24% UK
90 Janus Henderson JHG $6.52 B $41.83 4.76% UK
91 Convatec Group CTEC.L $6.52 B $3.19 0.52% UK
92 Games Workshop Group GAW.L $6.48 B $194.84 0.86% UK
93 Burberry BRBY.L $5.97 B $16.23 1.38% UK
94 Howden Joinery HWDN.L $5.95 B $10.90 0.93% UK
95 Land Securities Group LAND.L $5.95 B $7.95 1.45% UK
96 LondonMetric Property LMP.L $5.70 B $2.45 1.10% UK
97 Hikma Pharmaceuticals HIK.L $5.49 B $24.30 0.33% UK
98 Spectris SXS.L $5.42 B $54.63 0.05% UK
99 Croda International CRDA.L $5.10 B $36.58 0.11% UK
100 abrdn ABDN.L $5.05 B $2.77 0.88% UK

*This list highlights the leading companies in this category, ranked by their market value. Only publicly traded companies are included, since private companies don’t share enough financial details to estimate their value.

Market capitalization (or market cap) is the total value of a public company. It’s usually calculated by multiplying the company’s share price by the number of shares available.

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