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Top 10 High ROE Stocks in the UK — Top 50 List

Of the 98 companies in the UK on PositoAI, 89 have a positive return on equity. First on the list is Capri Holdings Limited (144.6%). The median among them is 15.80%. None of the top 10 has an active red or yellow flag.

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#Company Score Market Cap
(INR Cr) / USD		 P/E P/B Owes vs
Owns		 ROE Div
Yield		 FlagSector
1 Capri Holdings LimitedCPRI 6,652 ₹17,727$1.88B 21.0 13.61 0.96× 144.6% 0 — Consumer Cyclical
2 RELX PLCREL -6,621 ₹6,65,112£52.59B 24.2 42.48 0.92× 131.9% 2.32% — Industrials
3 Rolls-Royce Holdings plcRR 2,322 ₹13,10,156£103.60B 35.0 36.31 0.93× 114.5% 0.90% — Industrials
4 The Sage Group plcSGE -12,550 ₹1,35,580£10.72B 29.8 48.73 0.94× 75.6% 1.94% — Technology
5 Games Workshop Group PLCGAW 14,012 ₹69,997£5.54B 26.9 16.51 0.28× 66.9% 2.30% — Consumer Cyclical
6 Autotrader Group plcAUTO 17,145 ₹52,216£4.13B 16.0 10.14 0.41× 60.2% 2.19% — Communication Services
7 NEXT plcNXT 14,618 ₹2,18,126£17.25B 19.2 11.46 0.68× 54.5% 1.76% — Consumer Cyclical
8 Reckitt Benckiser Group plcRKT 17,635 ₹4,46,952£35.34B 12.6 4.56 0.69× 48.0% 3.99% — Consumer Defensive
9 Admiral Group plcADM 16,632 ₹1,47,416£11.66B 17.8 7.78 0.84× 45.6% 3.79% — Financial Services
10 International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.IAG 20,154 ₹2,25,512£17.83B 7.2 2.46 0.81× 42.1% 2.03% — Industrials

Top 20

11 St. James's Place plcSTJ 20,525 ₹67,092£5.31B 10.1 3.59 0.99× 38.5% 1.66% — Financial Services
12 Imperial Brands PLCIMB 17,103 ₹2,70,192£21.37B 13.4 5.30 0.84× 37.1% 5.88% — Consumer Defensive
13 TechnipFMC plcFTI 17,508 ₹2,47,345$26.20B 23.3 8.01 0.68× 35.8% 0.29% — Energy
14 IMI plcIMI 17,316 ₹83,743£6.62B 20.7 6.95 0.62× 35.8% 1.20% — Industrials
15 Babcock International Group PLCBAB 17,416 ₹58,363£4.62B 23.0 7.52 0.84× 33.7% 0.79% — Industrials
16 GSK plcGSK 18,622 ₹9,69,895£76.69B 16.2 4.35 0.72× 33.4% 3.64% — Healthcare
17 Unilever PLCULVR 15,899 ₹13,55,032£107.15B 13.5 7.89 0.76× 31.9% 3.42% — Consumer Defensive
18 Endeavour Mining plcEDV 20,542 ₹1,20,672£9.54B 15.6 3.79 0.43× 31.3% 3.49% — Basic Materials
19 Intertek Group plcITRK 15,024 ₹1,14,915£9.09B 28.9 8.56 0.73× 29.9% 2.79% — Industrials
20 United Utilities Group PLCUU 13,351 ₹1,42,137£11.24B 17.6 5.01 0.88× 27.7% 3.62% — Utilities

Top 50

21 Legal & General Group PlcLGEN 8,423 ₹2,01,682£15.95B 27.1 6.02 1.00× 27.0% 7.28% — Financial Services
22 Compass Group PLCCPG 16,543 ₹5,35,249$56.71B 28.0 7.13 0.73× 26.9% 2.07% — Consumer Cyclical
23 Airtel Africa PlcAAF 21,962 ₹1,28,331£10.15B 20.0 4.32 0.75× 26.4% 1.88% — Communication Services
24 Howden Joinery Group PlcHWDN 19,542 ₹54,315£4.29B 16.1 3.61 0.49× 23.9% 2.79% — Consumer Cyclical
25 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP 18,990 ₹4,73,829$50.20B 22.1 5.70 0.72× 23.5% 2.18% — Consumer Defensive
26 AstraZeneca PLCAZN 18,527 ₹25,45,776£201.31B 26.0 5.36 0.57× 22.0% 1.89% — Healthcare
27 Rotork plcROTO 17,804 ₹50,994€4.81B 34.7 6.93 0.28× 21.8% 1.66% — Industrials
28 Severn Trent PLCSVT 12,444 ₹1,23,847£9.79B 26.4 5.42 0.90× 20.5% 3.92% — Utilities
29 Centrica plcCNA 20,746 ₹86,085£6.81B 10.0 2.21 0.77× 19.9% 3.80% — Utilities
30 Willis Towers Watson Public Limited CompanyWTW 18,345 ₹2,91,197$30.85B 20.6 4.01 0.75× 19.8% 1.21% — Financial Services
31 Rio Tinto GroupRIO 21,783 ₹12,87,535£101.81B 11.4 2.08 0.46× 19.3% 5.38% — Basic Materials
32 3i Group OrdIII 23,083 ₹2,97,204£23.50B 4.3 0.76 0.04× 19.1% 3.63% — Financial Services
33 Diploma PLCDPLM 16,319 ₹1,23,114£9.74B 51.5 9.25 0.46× 18.9% 0.84% — Industrials
34 BAE Systems plcBA 18,889 ₹7,14,244£56.48B 27.6 4.56 0.69× 18.6% 1.88% — Industrials
35 ICG plcICG 20,355 ₹66,711£5.28B 11.1 1.95 0.73× 18.4% 4.84% — Financial Services
36 Linde plcLIN 17,623 ₹22,20,693$235.27B 32.9 6.02 0.54× 18.4% 1.28% — Basic Materials
37 Halma plcHLMA 19,386 ₹1,56,659£12.39B 33.5 5.71 0.42× 18.3% 0.73% — Industrials
38 Bunzl plcBNZL 18,712 ₹1,10,387£8.73B 18.4 3.08 0.67× 18.2% 2.69% — Consumer Defensive
39 Antofagasta plcANTO 22,818 ₹3,77,137£29.82B 24.2 3.72 0.45× 17.9% 1.81% — Basic Materials
40 JD Sports Fashion PlcJD 22,089 ₹53,459£4.23B 8.2 1.40 0.65× 17.4% 1.32% — Consumer Cyclical
41 Pentair plcPNR 21,897 ₹83,519$8.85B 14.3 2.36 0.44× 17.1% 2.04% — Industrials
42 Tesco PLCTSCO 18,939 ₹4,28,979£33.92B 18.2 2.96 0.71× 17.0% 2.70% — Consumer Defensive
43 Spirax Group plcSPX 18,504 ₹67,473£5.34B 27.0 4.26 0.54× 16.6% 2.35% — Industrials
44 Schroders PLCSDR 21,992 ₹1,16,147£9.18B 13.4 2.06 0.82× 15.8% 0.04% — Financial Services
45 nVent Electric plcNVT 19,538 ₹1,95,052$20.66B 35.4 5.18 0.44× 15.8% 0.57% — Industrials
46 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLCHIK 21,039 ₹44,348£3.51B 12.9 1.86 0.56× 15.4% 3.85% — Healthcare
47 LivaNova PLCLIVN 19,304 ₹42,140$4.46B 24.0 3.37 0.50× 15.4% 0 — Healthcare
48 Diageo plcDGE 17,106 ₹5,03,430£39.81B 30.9 4.91 0.72× 15.0% 2.58% — Consumer Defensive
49 NatWest Group plcNWG 19,729 ₹6,32,676£50.03B 8.4 1.14 0.94× 14.8% 5.40% — Financial Services
50 Shell plcSHEL 19,890 ₹27,97,485£221.21B 11.5 1.64 0.52× 14.3% 2.96% — Energy

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Questions

Which companies in the UK have the highest return on equity?

The first five on PositoAI's list are Capri Holdings Limited (144.6%), RELX PLC (131.9%), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (114.5%), The Sage Group plc (75.6%), Games Workshop Group PLC (66.9%).

How many companies in the UK have a positive return on equity?

89 of the 98 companies in the UK on PositoAI have a positive return on equity; this page shows the top 50.

How is this list made?

Companies ordered by return on equity (profit on shareholders' money), highest first. Extreme figures above 250% are left out. The list is updated every day from PositoAI's data.

Companies ordered by return on equity (profit on shareholders' money), highest first. Extreme figures above 250% are left out. Score is the Positivity Score; Owes vs Owns is everything a company owes compared with everything it owns (what each figure means); ⚑ marks an active red or yellow flag. All top lists for United Kingdom. PositoAI is for research and education only and is not investment advice.

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