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The London Stock Exchange Group has delivered a boost for beleaguered shareholders with plans for a \u00a33 billion share buyback (James Manning\/PA) (PA Wire) <\/p>\n The London Stock Exchange Group has delivered a boost for beleaguered shareholders with plans for a \u00a33 billion share buyback (James Manning\/PA) (PA Wire) <\/p>\n
The London Stock Exchange Group has unveiled plans for a \u00a33 billion share buyback amid pressure from an activist investor and as artificial intelligence fears have hammered the stock.<\/p>\n
LSEG said it would follow \u00a32.1 billion in buybacks made last year with another \u00a33 billion by February next year, on top of a hike in dividend payouts.<\/p>\n
Details of the pledge to step up returns for investors came as it reported underlying operating profits of \u00a33.51 billion for 2025, up 10.8% or 14.7% higher on a constant currency basis.<\/p>\n
On a bottom line basis, pre-tax profits jumped 56.5% to \u00a31.97 billion for 2025.<\/p>\n
Shares<\/a> in the group rose as much as 5% in Thursday morning trading, in a welcome increase after the stock has been battered in recent weeks by global investor concerns over the impact of AI on its firm and data companies more widely.<\/p>\n Shares in the firm, which makes a significant chunk of its earnings from selling access to markets data, have slumped by nearly a third in the past year.<\/p>\n Activist investor Elliott Management has also built up a stake in the firm earlier this month and has reportedly been pushing for more share buybacks as it has held talks with LSEG bosses.<\/p>\n