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

Of the 62 large cap companies in the UK on PositoAI, 59 have a positive return on equity. First on the list is RELX PLC (131.9%). The median among them is 17.00%. 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	Flag	Sector
1	RELX PLCREL	-6,621	₹6,65,112£52.59B	24.2	42.48	0.92×	131.9%	2.32%	—	Industrials
2	Rolls-Royce Holdings plcRR	2,322	₹13,10,156£103.60B	35.0	36.31	0.93×	114.5%	0.90%	—	Industrials
3	The Sage Group plcSGE	-12,550	₹1,35,580£10.72B	29.8	48.73	0.94×	75.6%	1.94%	—	Technology
4	NEXT plcNXT	14,618	₹2,18,126£17.25B	19.2	11.46	0.68×	54.5%	1.76%	—	Consumer Cyclical
5	Reckitt Benckiser Group plcRKT	17,635	₹4,46,952£35.34B	12.6	4.56	0.69×	48.0%	3.99%	—	Consumer Defensive
6	Admiral Group plcADM	16,632	₹1,47,416£11.66B	17.8	7.78	0.84×	45.6%	3.79%	—	Financial Services
7	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
8	Imperial Brands PLCIMB	17,103	₹2,70,192£21.37B	13.4	5.30	0.84×	37.1%	5.88%	—	Consumer Defensive
9	TechnipFMC plcFTI	17,508	₹2,47,345$26.20B	23.3	8.01	0.68×	35.8%	0.29%	—	Energy
10	GSK plcGSK	18,622	₹9,69,895£76.69B	16.2	4.35	0.72×	33.4%	3.64%	—	Healthcare
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11	Unilever PLCULVR	15,899	₹13,55,032£107.15B	13.5	7.89	0.76×	31.9%	3.42%	—	Consumer Defensive
12	Endeavour Mining plcEDV	20,542	₹1,20,672£9.54B	15.6	3.79	0.43×	31.3%	3.49%	—	Basic Materials
13	Intertek Group plcITRK	15,024	₹1,14,915£9.09B	28.9	8.56	0.73×	29.9%	2.79%	—	Industrials
14	United Utilities Group PLCUU	13,351	₹1,42,137£11.24B	17.6	5.01	0.88×	27.7%	3.62%	—	Utilities
15	Legal & General Group PlcLGEN	8,423	₹2,01,682£15.95B	27.1	6.02	1.00×	27.0%	7.28%	—	Financial Services
16	Compass Group PLCCPG	16,543	₹5,35,249$56.71B	28.0	7.13	0.73×	26.9%	2.07%	—	Consumer Cyclical
17	Airtel Africa PlcAAF	21,962	₹1,28,331£10.15B	20.0	4.32	0.75×	26.4%	1.88%	—	Communication Services
18	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP	18,990	₹4,73,829$50.20B	22.1	5.70	0.72×	23.5%	2.18%	—	Consumer Defensive
19	AstraZeneca PLCAZN	18,527	₹25,45,776£201.31B	26.0	5.36	0.57×	22.0%	1.89%	—	Healthcare
20	Severn Trent PLCSVT	12,444	₹1,23,847£9.79B	26.4	5.42	0.90×	20.5%	3.92%	—	Utilities
Top 50
21	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
22	Rio Tinto GroupRIO	21,783	₹12,87,535£101.81B	11.4	2.08	0.46×	19.3%	5.38%	—	Basic Materials
23	3i Group OrdIII	23,083	₹2,97,204£23.50B	4.3	0.76	0.04×	19.1%	3.63%	—	Financial Services
24	Diploma PLCDPLM	16,319	₹1,23,114£9.74B	51.5	9.25	0.46×	18.9%	0.84%	—	Industrials
25	BAE Systems plcBA	18,889	₹7,14,244£56.48B	27.6	4.56	0.69×	18.6%	1.88%	—	Industrials
26	Linde plcLIN	17,623	₹22,20,693$235.27B	32.9	6.02	0.54×	18.4%	1.28%	—	Basic Materials
27	Halma plcHLMA	19,386	₹1,56,659£12.39B	33.5	5.71	0.42×	18.3%	0.73%	—	Industrials
28	Bunzl plcBNZL	18,712	₹1,10,387£8.73B	18.4	3.08	0.67×	18.2%	2.69%	—	Consumer Defensive
29	Antofagasta plcANTO	22,818	₹3,77,137£29.82B	24.2	3.72	0.45×	17.9%	1.81%	—	Basic Materials
30	Tesco PLCTSCO	18,939	₹4,28,979£33.92B	18.2	2.96	0.71×	17.0%	2.70%	—	Consumer Defensive
31	Schroders PLCSDR	21,992	₹1,16,147£9.18B	13.4	2.06	0.82×	15.8%	0.04%	—	Financial Services
32	nVent Electric plcNVT	19,538	₹1,95,052$20.66B	35.4	5.18	0.44×	15.8%	0.57%	—	Industrials
33	Diageo plcDGE	17,106	₹5,03,430£39.81B	30.9	4.91	0.72×	15.0%	2.58%	—	Consumer Defensive
34	NatWest Group plcNWG	19,729	₹6,32,676£50.03B	8.4	1.14	0.94×	14.8%	5.40%	—	Financial Services
35	Shell plcSHEL	19,890	₹27,97,485£221.21B	11.5	1.64	0.52×	14.3%	2.96%	—	Energy
36	Beazley PLCBEZ	19,948	₹98,747£7.81B	15.8	2.14	0.70×	14.2%	0.02%	—	Financial Services
37	British American Tobacco p.l.c.BATS	20,363	₹12,17,507£96.27B	15.4	1.99	0.55×	13.4%	5.59%	—	Consumer Defensive
38	Arm Holdings plcARM	10,409	₹21,18,002$224.39B	216.6	26.00	0.23×	13.3%	0	—	Technology
39	HSBC Holdings plc0005	19,662	₹29,62,407HK$2.46T	13.3	1.60	0.94×	13.1%	4.02%	—	Financial Services
40	Smith & Nephew plcSN	20,082	₹1,20,037£9.49B	20.6	2.40	0.49×	11.8%	2.71%	—	Healthcare
41	Lloyds Banking Group plcLLOY	19,303	₹7,27,975£57.56B	12.6	1.22	0.95×	11.3%	3.88%	—	Financial Services
42	Barclays PLCBARC	19,022	₹6,90,298£54.59B	8.5	0.69	0.95×	10.1%	2.74%	—	Financial Services
43	Haleon plcHLN	20,042	₹4,25,665£33.66B	21.3	2.05	0.49×	10.1%	1.96%	—	Healthcare
44	Standard Chartered PLCSTAN	19,344	₹5,43,752£43.00B	12.5	1.04	0.94×	9.8%	2.50%	—	Financial Services
45	SSE plcSSE	19,732	₹3,93,885£31.15B	24.4	1.99	0.54×	9.7%	2.68%	—	Utilities
46	Pearson plcPSON	19,305	₹1,04,213£8.24B	27.4	2.46	0.47×	9.2%	1.88%	—	Communication Services
47	BP p.l.c.BP	19,065	₹11,95,828£94.56B	24.5	2.17	0.74×	8.9%	4.06%	—	Energy
48	BT Group plcBT-A	20,669	₹2,63,801£20.86B	19.2	1.66	0.75×	8.5%	4.03%	—	Communication Services
49	Associated British Foods plcABF	23,401	₹1,70,789£13.51B	14.5	1.18	0.41×	8.4%	3.28%	—	Consumer Defensive
50	National Grid plcNG	19,707	₹7,78,112£61.53B	18.5	1.57	0.64×	8.4%	4.01%	—	Utilities

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Questions

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

The first five on PositoAI's list are RELX PLC (131.9%), Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (114.5%), The Sage Group plc (75.6%), NEXT plc (54.5%), Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (48.0%).

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

59 of the 62 large cap 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.

What counts as a large cap stock in the UK?

For companies in United Kingdom, PositoAI uses the same dollar bands as for the US: large cap means a market value above $10 billion, mid cap $2–10 billion and small cap $300 million to $2 billion.

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.