Fastest-Growing U.K. Stocks (Sep 8, 2010)
Below are the fastest-growing U.K. stocks ranked based on brokerage analysts' average estimate of future earnings growth over the long term (3-5 years).
Ranking | Company (Ticker) | Long-Term Growth
1 Taylor Wimpey plc (LON:TW.) 690.5%
2 Centamin Egypt Limited (LON:CEY) 217.0%
3 Persimmon plc (LON:PSN) 197.4%
5 CSR plc (LON:CSR) 98.7%
6 LSR Group (LON:LSRG) 87.0%
7 Bovis Homes Group plc (LON:BVS) 83.9%
8 Xstrata PLC (LON:XTA) 83.4%
9 Big Yellow Group plc (LON:BYG) 80.0%
10 Randgold Resources Limited (LON:RRS) 70.5%
11 Michael Page International plc (LON:MPI) 69.1%
12 Bellway plc (LON:BWY) 63.7%
13 SOCO International plc (LON:SIA) 60.0%
14 Axis-Shield plc (LON:ASD) 56.0%
15 GKN plc (LON:GKN) 55.0%
16 X5 Retail Group NV (EDR) (LON:FIVE) 53.8%
17 Imagination Technologies Group plc (LON:IMG) 51.5%
18 NK Rosneft' OAO (LON:ROSN) 50.8%
19 PureCircle Limited (LON:PURE) 50.0%
20 SThree Plc (LON:STHR) 50.0%
21 ITV plc (LON:ITV) 49.9%
22 Mondi Plc (LON:MNDI) 47.0%
23 DSG International plc (LON:DSGI) 46.6%
24 Hays plc (LON:HAS) 46.3%
25 Wolseley plc (LON:WOS) 46.0%
26 Robert Walters PLC (LON:RWA) 43.0%
27 Xaar plc (LON:XAR) 43.0%
28 OJSC Magnit (LON:MGNT) 42.1%
29 Drax Group Plc (LON:DRX) 41.0%
30 Petropavlovsk PLC (LON:POG) 40.2%
31 Ferrexpo Plc (LON:FXPO) 40.1%
32 Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) 40.0%
33 Hochschild Mining Plc (LON:HOC) 38.4%
34 HSBC Holdings plc (LON:HSBA) 36.1%
35 Dana Petroleum plc (LON:DNX) 35.0%
36 African Barrick Gold PLC (LON:ABG) 32.4%
37 ARM Holdings plc (LON:ARM) 31.0%
38 Rentokil Initial plc (LON:RTO) 30.0%
39 Vedanta Resources plc (LON:VED) 29.2%
40 Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (LON:EDCL) 29.1%
41 ReneSola Ltd. (LON:SOLA) 28.0%
42 TeleCity Group Plc (LON:TCY) 26.7%
43 Kesa Electricals plc (LON:KESA) 26.7%
44 easyJet plc (LON:EZJ) 23.2%
45 Inmarsat Plc (LON:ISAT) 23.1%
46 The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC (LON:CPW) 22.7%
47 OJSC Pharmstandard (LON:PHST) 22.1%
48 GlobeOp Financial Services (LON:GO.) 21.3%
49 RPC Group plc (LON:RPC) 21.2%
50 Electrocomponents plc (LON:ECM) 21.0%
51 Independent Media Distribution plc (LON:IMD) 21.0%
52 International Personal Finance Plc (LON:IPF) 21.0%
53 Hansen Transmissions International NV (LON:HSN) 20.0%
54 MMC Norilsk Nickel (LON:MNOD) 19.4%
55 Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) 19.4%
56 Fresnillo Plc (LON:FRES) 19.2%
57 Uralkali OAO (LON:URKA) 19.1%
58 Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc (LON:HIK) 19.0%
59 Globaltrans Investment PLC (LON:GLTR) 19.0%
60 Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) 18.4%
61 British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (LON:BSY) 18.2%
62 Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) 17.4%
63 QinetiQ Group plc (LON:QQ.) 17.3%
64 Carnival plc (LON:CCL) 17.0%
65 Cairn Energy PLC (LON:CNE) 17.0%
66 Autonomy Corporation plc (LON:AU.) 17.0%
67 Kingfisher plc (LON:KGF) 16.3%
68 BP plc (LON:BP.) 16.2%
69 Hunting plc (LON:HTG) 16.0%
70 Serco Group plc (LON:SRP) 16.0%
71 Inchcape plc (LON:INCH) 15.9%
72 Premier Oil PLC (LON:PMO) 15.7%
73 Compass Group plc (LON:CPG) 15.6%
74 Shire Plc. (LON:SHP) 15.6%
75 Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (LON:ENRC) 15.5%
76 Mothercare plc (LON:MTC) 15.4%
77 Aberdeen Asset Management plc (LON:ADN) 15.0%
78 Matchtech Group Plc (LON:MTEC) 15.0%
79 Prudential plc (LON:PRU) 14.6%
80 Schroders plc (LON:SDR) 14.5%
81 Burberry Group plc (LON:BRBY) 14.2%
82 Lookers PLC (LON:LOOK) 14.1%
83 Halfords Group plc (LON:HFD) 14.1%
84 TUI Travel PLC (LON:TT.) 14.0%
85 Kazakhmys plc (LON:KAZ) 13.7%
86 Henderson Group Plc (LON:HGG) 13.5%
87 Intertek Group plc (LON:ITRK) 13.1%
88 AMEC plc (LON:AMEC) 13.1%
89 Aggreko plc (LON:AGK) 13.0%
90 Capita Group plc (LON:CPI) 13.0%
91 Mears Group PLC (LON:MER) 13.0%
92 MITIE Group PLC (LON:MTO) 13.0%
93 Senior plc (LON:SNR) 13.0%
94 BG Group plc (LON:BG.) 12.6%
95 SABMiller plc (LON:SAB) 12.5%
96 Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON:IMT) 12.4%
97 Aviva plc (LON:AV.) 12.0%
98 SDL plc (LON:SDL) 12.0%
99 London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE) 11.9%
100 Associated British Foods plc (LON:ABF) 11.7%
101 BHP Billiton plc (LON:BLT) 11.4%
102 J Sainsbury plc (LON:SBRY) 11.3%
103 Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.) 11.1%
104 Wood Group (John) plc (LON:WG.) 11.0%
105 G4S plc (LON:GFS) 10.8%
106 Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) 10.7%
107 Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) 10.6%
108 Talktalk Telecom Group PLC (LON:TALK) 10.4%
109 Victrex plc (LON:VCT) 10.4%
110 InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG) 10.3%
111 Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc (LON:MRW) 10.1%
112 British Airways plc (LON:BAY) 10.0%
113 CLS Holdings plc (LON:CLI) 10.0%
114 Daily Mail and General Trust plc (LON:DMGT) 10.0%
115 Hilton Food Group plc (LON:HFG) 10.0%
116 Intermediate Capital Group plc (LON:ICP) 10.0%
117 Rathbone Brothers plc (LON:RAT) 10.0%
118 Stagecoach Group plc (LON:SGC) 10.0%
119 Tullow Oil plc (LON:TLW) 10.0%
120 Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) 9.8%
121 Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC (LON:CWW) 9.8%
122 BT Group plc (LON:BT.A) 9.6%
123 Diageo plc (LON:DGE) 9.6%
124 Smiths Group plc (LON:SMIN) 9.2%
125 NEXT plc (LON:NXT) 9.2%
126 Rolls-Royce Group plc (LON:RR.) 9.1%
127 Aegis Group plc (LON:AGS) 9.0%
128 Old Mutual plc (LON:OML) 9.0%
129 Rexam PLC (LON:REX) 9.0%
130 Thomas Cook Group plc (LON:TCG) 9.0%
131 Yell Group plc (LON:YELL) 9.0%
132 Home Retail Group Plc (LON:HOME) 8.9%
133 FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) 8.6%
134 Marks and Spencer Group Plc (LON:MKS) 8.6%
135 Northumbrian Water Group plc (LON:NWG) 8.6%
136 Tate & Lyle PLC (LON:TATE) 8.5%
137 WH Smith Plc (LON:SMWH) 8.5%
138 Petrofac Limited (LON:PFC) 8.3%
139 Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (LON:ULE) 8.3%
140 WPP PLC (LON:WPP) 8.2%
141 Atkins (WS) plc (LON:ATK) 8.0%
142 The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKG) 8.0%
143 Grainger PLC (LON:GRI) 8.0%
144 Helical Bar plc (LON:HLCL) 8.0%
145 ICAP plc (LON:IAP) 8.0%
146 Kier Group plc (LON:KIE) 8.0%
147 Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) 8.0%
148 Standard Life Plc (LON:SL.) 8.0%
149 St. Modwen Properties plc (LON:SMP) 8.0%
150 Logica Plc (LON:LOG) 7.9%
151 Unilever plc (LON:ULVR) 7.7%
152 British American Tobacco plc (LON:BATS) 7.5%
153 Meggitt plc (LON:MGGT) 7.4%
154 McBride plc (LON:MCB) 7.2%
155 Balfour Beatty plc (LON:BBY) 7.0%
156 Great Portland Estates PLC (LON:GPOR) 7.0%
157 Micro Focus International plc (LON:MCRO) 7.0%
158 Wellstream Holdings PLC (LON:WSM) 7.0%
159 The Sage Group plc (LON:SGE) 6.9%
160 Cobham plc (LON:COB) 6.8%
161 N Brown Group plc (LON:BWNG) 6.7%
162 Rotork p.l.c. (LON:ROR) 6.7%
163 Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) 6.7%
164 Pearson plc (LON:PSON) 6.6%
165 Whitbread plc (LON:WTB) 6.6%
166 The British Land Company plc (LON:BLND) 6.5%
167 Filtrona PLC (LON:FLTR) 6.5%
168 Invensys plc (LON:ISYS) 6.4%
169 Experian plc (LON:EXPN) 6.4%
170 HMV Group plc (LON:HMV) 6.2%
171 Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LON:RB.) 6.0%
172 Informa plc (LON:INF) 6.0%
173 J D Wetherspoon plc (LON:JDW) 6.0%
174 Northern Foods plc (LON:NFDS) 6.0%
175 BAE Systems plc (LON:BA.) 5.8%
176 Carillion plc (LON:CLLN) 5.5%
177 Land Securities Group plc (LON:LAND) 5.5%
178 Pennon Group plc (LON:PNN) 5.2%
179 Admiral Group plc (LON:ADM) 5.0%
180 Anite plc (LON:AIE) 5.0%
181 Close Brothers Group plc (LON:CBG) 5.0%
182 Cable and Wireless Communications Plc (LON:CWC) 5.0%
183 Derwent London Plc (LON:DLN) 5.0%
184 Development Securities PLC (LON:DSC) 5.0%
185 Davis Service Group PLC, The (LON:DVSG) 5.0%
186 Galliford Try plc (LON:GFRD) 5.0%
187 Greene King plc (LON:GNK) 5.0%
188 Invista Real Est.Inv Mngt Hldgs Plc (LON:INRE) 5.0%
189 Legal & General Group Plc (LON:LGEN) 5.0%
190 A & J Mucklow Group plc (LON:MKLW) 5.0%
191 Moneysupermarket.com Group (LON:MONY) 5.0%
192 Phoenix IT Group plc (LON:PNX) 5.0%
193 Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE) 5.0%
194 SEGRO plc (LON:SGRO) 5.0%
195 United Business Media Ltd. (LON:UBM) 5.0%
196 Eaga plc (LON:EAGA) 4.8%
197 National Grid plc (LON:NG.) 4.8%
198 AVEVA Group plc (LON:AVV) 4.3%
199 Royal Dutch Shell plc (LON:RDSA) 4.0%
200 Workspace Group plc (LON:WKP) 4.0%
201 GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON:GSK) 3.8%
202 Scottish and Southern Energy plc (LON:SSE) 3.7%
203 Reed Elsevier plc (LON:REL) 3.6%
204 Capital & Counties Properties PLC (LON:CAPC) 3.2%
205 Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) 3.2%
206 AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) 3.1%
207 Catlin Group Limited (LON:CGL) 3.0%
208 Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX) 3.0%
209 Amlin plc (LON:AML) 3.0%
210 Capital Shopping Centres Group plc (LON:CSCG) 3.0%
211 Dairy Crest Group plc (LON:DCG) 3.0%
212 Man Group Plc (LON:EMG) 3.0%
213 Mitchells & Butlers plc (LON:MAB) 3.0%
214 Marston's PLC (LON:MARS) 3.0%
215 Quintain Estates and Development plc (LON:QED) 3.0%
216 RSA Insurance Group plc (LON:RSA) 3.0%
217 UNITE Group plc (LON:UTG) 3.0%
218 Travis Perkins plc (LON:TPK) 2.8%
219 Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) 2.7%
220 Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc (LON:SPX) 2.7%
221 Vodafone Group plc (LON:VOD) 2.7%
222 Severn Trent Plc (LON:SVT) 2.4%
223 Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (LON:MLC) 2.2%
224 Hammerson plc (LON:HMSO) 2.0%
225 International Public Partnerships Ltd (LON:INPP) 2.0%
226 International Power plc (LON:IPR) 2.0%
227 Arriva plc (LON:ARI) 2.0%
228 GeoPark Holdings Limited (LON:GPK) 1.0%
229 Antofagasta plc (LON:ANTO) 1.0%
230 Hardy Oil & Gas plc (LON:HDY) 1.0%
231 Shaftesbury plc (LON:SHB) 1.0%
232 Salamander Energy Plc (LON:SMDR) 1.0%
233 Consort Medical plc (LON:CSRT) -1.0%
234 LXB Retail Properties Plc (LON:LXB) -1.9%
235 JSC Kazmunaigas Exploration & Production (LON:KMG) -4.0%
236 Spectris plc (LON:SXS) -4.0%
237 Lamprell Plc (LON:LAM) -4.9%
238 Go-Ahead Group plc (LON:GOG) -9.1%
239 United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU.) -10.0%
240 Charter International Plc (LON:CHTR) -11.9%
241 Morgan Crucible Company plc (LON:MGCR) -16.6%
242 The Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) -18.2%
243 SIG plc (LON:SHI) -19.6%
244 IMI plc (LON:IMI) -19.7%
245 Tomkins plc (LON:TOMK) -27.0%
246 Punch Taverns plc (LON:PUB) -29.9%
247 Orascom Telecom Holding (S.A.E) (LON:OTLD) -31.0%
248 3i Group plc (LON:III) -87.8%
