UK 500 2006 Companies ranked by sector Market value and prices at 31 March 2006 UK UK Sector Rank Rank Market Turnover dividend Sector rank 2006 2005 Company Value £m £m Price £ PER yield (%) Year End Aerospace & defence 1 26 32 Bae Systems 13,548.60 11,019.00 4.20 24.20 2.70 31-Dec-05 2 42 61 Rolls-Royce Group 8,104.30 6,603.00 4.60 22.80 2.10 31-Dec-05 3 54 56 Smiths Group 5,550.90 3,016.80 9.80 25.00 3.30 31-Jul-05 4 129 132 Cobham 2,111.00 970.30 1.90 21.60 2.00 31-Dec-05 5 153 158 Meggitt 1,508.80 616.30 3.50 22.60 2.50 31-Dec-05 6 174 Qinetiq 1,270.20 872.40 2.00 31-Mar-05 7 239 247 VT Group 787.00 602.10 4.50 29.00 2.40 31-Mar-05 8 256 263 Ultra Electronics 715.90 342.40 10.70 24.40 1.70 31-Dec-05 9 348 Chemring 379.80 132.50 11.80 37.10 1.00 31-Oct-05 10 450 474 Umeco 227.90 242.40 4.90 31.50 3.00 31-Mar-05 11 474 Aero Inventory 195.40 43.60 4.10 13.10 2.70 30-Jun-05 Automobiles & parts 1 115 116 GKN 2,378.20 3,648.00 3.30 31-Dec-05 Banks 1 3 2 HSBC 109,720.80 9.70 12.40 4.80 31-Dec-05 2 6 5 Royal Bank of Scotland 59,637.10 18.70 11.10 4.30 31-Dec-05 3 8 7 Barclays 43,714.50 6.70 12.40 4.40 31-Dec-05 4 9 9 HBOS 36,709.10 9.60 11.70 4.20 31-Dec-05 5 12 10 Lloyds TSB 30,842.40 5.50 12.30 6.90 31-Dec-05 6 19 22 Standard Chartered 18,682.30 14.30 16.80 2.80 31-Dec-05 7 55 66 Alliance & Leicester 5,545.50 12.40 14.20 4.60 31-Dec-05 8 63 71 Northern Rock 4,987.00 11.80 16.30 2.80 31-Dec-05 9 93 112 Bradford & Bingley 3,167.40 5.00 16.60 4.10 31-Dec-05 Beverages 1 16 12 Diageo 25,723.30 9,036.00 9.10 19.60 3.60 30-Jun-05 2 21 29 SABMiller 17,012.00 7,393.50 11.40 21.10 2.10 31-Mar-05 3 67 65 Scottish & Newcastle 4,651.20 3,260.00 5.20 18.80 4.50 31-Dec-05 4 318 Britvic 472.00 698.20 2.20 02-Oct-05 5 479 428 Barr (AG) 190.70 128.80 9.80 15.10 3.60 28-Jan-06 Chemicals 1 43 53 Boc Group 7,937.50 3,754.70 15.50 20.90 2.70 30-Sep-05 2 73 74 ICI 4,123.20 5,812.00 3.50 10.50 2.50 31-Dec-05 3 98 103 Johnson Matthey 3,069.30 4,638.50 14.00 34.40 2.20 31-Mar-05 4 278 258 Croda International 611.60 305.60 4.90 19.30 3.00 31-Dec-05 5 283 320 Victrex 600.90 101.60 7.40 25.20 1.80 30-Sep-05 6 335 296 Yule Catto 414.90 556.10 2.90 19.00 3.50 31-Dec-05 7 353 397 Elementis 374.10 399.40 0.90 31-Dec-05 8 481 442 Delta 189.50 242.00 1.20 3.50 3.10 31-Dec-05 Construction & materials 1 57 69 Hanson 5,417.60 3,715.70 7.50 14.20 2.90 31-Dec-05 2 128 134 Pilkington 2,139.00 2,394.00 1.60 20.80 3.50 31-Mar-05 3 148 145 Balfour Beatty 1,563.00 3,837.00 3.70 14.90 2.40 31-Dec-05 4 200 255 Carillion 987.40 2,025.50 3.50 18.80 2.50 31-Dec-05 5 282 345 Kier Group 602.50 1,573.00 16.80 15.70 1.50 30-Jun-05 6 297 356 Morgan Sindall 535.50 1,296.70 12.70 17.90 2.20 31-Dec-05 7 309 283 Marshalls 493.70 359.30 3.50 8.50 3.90 31-Dec-05 8 373 Galliford Try 333.90 718.50 1.20 14.50 1.90 30-Jun-05 9 389 418 Keller 300.70 731.00 4.60 11.00 2.90 31-Dec-05 10 427 Steppe Cement 256.50 2.30 31-Dec-04 11 467 461 Costain Group 208.10 678.10 0.60 8.70 31-Dec-05 12 480 494 Gleeson (MJ) 189.60 589.90 3.70 2.40 30-Jun-05 13 487 Boot (Henry) 186.70 84.20 6.90 16.20 2.70 31-Dec-04 14 497 491 James Halstead 180.90 112.40 3.60 6.20 30-Jun-05 Electricity 1 31 33 Scottish Power 10,881.30 6,848.80 5.80 4.30 31-Mar-05 2 34 34 Scottish & Southern Ener 9,737.80 7,424.60 11.30 17.90 4.20 31-Mar-05 3 72 86 International Power 4,169.40 1,933.00 2.80 14.60 1.80 31-Dec-05 4 85 131 British Energy Group 3,703.90 482.00 6.50 0.00 31-Mar-05 5 94 Drax Group 3,145.60 928.60 7.70 7.90 31-Dec-05 6 181 173 Viridian 1,201.80 943.70 9.80 19.30 4.00 31-Mar-05 7 375 Clipper Windpower 325.50 6.00 3.40 31-Dec-04 Electronic & electrical equipment 1 169 186 Invensys 1,308.00 2,923.00 0.20 31-Mar-05 2 218 249 Laird Group 881.10 490.30 4.50 28.10 2.40 31-Dec-05 3 231 226 Spectris 835.50 655.90 6.70 23.30 2.60 31-Dec-05 4 260 244 Morgan Crucible 697.60 745.70 2.40 13.10 1.20 04-Jan-06 5 271 252 Renishaw 652.20 154.10 9.00 26.10 2.50 30-Jun-05 6 392 362 Domino Printing Sciences 297.40 192.00 2.70 15.80 2.30 31-Oct-05 7 399 429 Raymarine 285.60 121.90 3.50 34.20 2.30 31-Dec-05 8 417 341 TT Electronics 267.00 565.30 1.70 20.50 6.50 31-Dec-05 9 418 473 Chloride 265.60 165.00 1.10 1.90 31-Mar-05 10 473 ITM Power 200.30 2.20 30-Apr-05 Equity investment instruments 1 126 118 Foreign & Colonial 2,193.90 2.70 49.20 1.70 31-Dec-05 2 196 207 SVG Capital 1,053.90 8.20 72.60 0.40 31-Dec-05 3 298 286 Electra Private Equity 531.00 13.00 28.90 30-Sep-05 4 322 317 Candover Investments 465.60 21.30 40.00 2.30 31-Dec-05 5 380 376 Graphite Enterprise Trust 316.20 3.70 2.40 31-Dec-05 6 409 Standard Life European P 275.30 1.70 74.60 1.00 30-Sep-05 7 463 Pantheon International 210.40 8.00 Fixed line telecommunications 1 20 17 BT Group 18,526.60 18,623.00 2.20 10.40 5.20 31-Mar-05 2 111 76 Cable & Wireless 2,553.00 3,222.00 1.10 8.40 3.90 31-Mar-05 3 191 200 Colt Telecom 1,108.40 1,245.50 0.70 31-Dec-05 4 358 475 Vanco 364.70 104.00 6.00 50.50 31-Jan-05 5 360 441 Pipex Communications 361.60 102.30 0.20 31-Dec-04 6 385 311 Kingston Communications 307.60 366.50 0.60 19.70 1.70 31-Mar-05 7 396 423 Thus Group 292.40 360.00 1.60 31-Mar-05 Food & drug retailers 1 15 11 Tesco 25,930.50 33,974.00 3.30 18.60 2.50 26-Feb-05 2 52 55 Sainsbury (J) 5,659.10 15,409.00 3.30 2.60 26-Mar-05 3 61 49 Morrison (Wm) Supermar 5,051.90 12,114.80 1.90 2.20 29-Jan-06 4 92 83 Alliance Unichem 3,241.00 9,171.20 9.00 15.20 2.50 31-Dec-05 5 320 242 Greggs 470.70 533.40 38.60 13.70 3.10 31-Dec-05 6 460 456 Majestic Wine 216.10 162.50 3.30 24.50 1.80 28-Mar-05 Food producers 1 22 18 Unilever 16,997.20 27,576.80 5.90 14.60 2.70 31-Dec-05 2 28 26 Cadbury Schweppes 11,919.90 6,508.00 5.70 15.30 2.50 01-Jan-06 3 46 44 Associated British Foods 6,713.40 5,622.00 8.50 20.10 2.40 17-Sep-05 4 106 88 Tate & Lyle 2,785.00 3,001.00 5.70 19.20 3.80 31-Mar-05 5 204 RHM 942.80 1,642.30 2.70 30-Apr-05 6 249 208 Premier Foods 745.70 789.70 3.00 9.00 5.20 31-Dec-05 7 286 237 Dairy Crest 596.20 1,260.60 4.80 12.50 4.70 31-Mar-05 8 314 201 Northern Foods 479.40 1,448.80 1.00 10.30 02-Apr-05 9 343 303 Arla Foods 397.40 1,374.10 0.70 34.20 2.40 30-Sep-05 10 403 385 Cranswick 282.00 318.50 6.30 20.80 2.60 31-Mar-05 11 454 407 Robert Wiseman Dairies 225.20 489.20 3.10 11.30 2.80 02-Apr-05 12 468 401 Devro 204.90 152.50 1.30 11.00 3.80 31-Dec-05 Gas, water & multiutilities 1 24 19 National Grid 15,539.90 8,521.00 5.70 19.40 4.60 31-Mar-05 2 32 31 Centrica 10,178.60 13,448.00 2.80 10.30 4.10 31-Dec-05 3 50 70 United Utilities 6,023.20 2,253.90 6.90 14.70 7.30 31-Mar-05 4 82 75 Severn Trent 3,885.00 2,081.20 11.20 27.70 4.80 31-Mar-05 5 101 98 Kelda Group 2,894.20 763.00 7.90 16.80 4.10 31-Mar-05 6 145 150 AWG 1,609.50 1,690.10 11.40 32.50 4.70 31-Mar-05 7 146 147 Pennon 1,590.50 554.20 13.40 24.60 3.60 31-Mar-05 8 175 182 Northumbrian Water 1,238.20 578.60 2.40 12.50 4.70 31-Mar-05 General financial 1 44 60 Man Group 7,558.00 24.70 21.40 1.70 31-Mar-05 2 60 64 3I Group 5,186.50 9.40 6.20 5.90 31-Mar-06 3 69 84 Amvescap 4,404.50 5.40 34.70 2.00 31-Dec-05 4 89 106 Schroders 3,448.70 11.90 18.10 2.00 31-Dec-05 5 108 126 Icap 2,718.50 4.50 31.70 2.00 31-Mar-05 6 109 153 London Stock Exchange 2,705.80 10.60 45.70 6.50 31-Mar-05 7 124 152 Investec 2,195.00 29.40 36.10 2.50 31-Mar-05 8 139 117 Provident Financial 1,805.00 7.10 5.60 31-Dec-05 9 149 161 Close Brothers 1,548.90 10.70 22.60 3.00 31-Jul-05 10 151 190 Collins Stewart Tullett 1,544.80 7.30 24.80 31-Dec-05 11 170 New Star Asset Managem 1,304.70 4.20 31-Dec-04 12 180 163 Cattles 1,211.10 3.70 15.00 4.70 31-Dec-05 13 182 353 Aberdeen Asset Managem 1,188.30 1.90 1.80 30-Sep-05 14 189 166 F&C Asset Management 1,113.90 2.30 5.30 31-Dec-05 15 197 203 Intermediate Capital 991.80 14.30 16.00 3.10 31-Jan-05 16 198 127 Henderson 990.00 0.90 26.80 31-Dec-05 17 205 222 Guinness Peat 942.20 1.00 9.60 1.20 31-Dec-05 18 217 204 Neteller 881.60 7.30 16.80 31-Dec-05 19 221 265 Paragon 877.20 7.40 13.80 1.90 30-Sep-05 20 254 IG Group 717.20 2.20 31-May-05 21 276 343 Kensington Group 620.10 11.90 16.40 2.00 30-Nov-05 22 303 390 Helphire Group 511.00 3.80 25.60 1.80 31-Mar-05 23 307 Queen's Walk Investment 503.70 0.10 135.00 31-Dec-05 24 312 328 Rathbone Brothers 484.90 11.80 19.50 2.80 31-Dec-05 25 345 287 Evolution 385.50 1.70 6.40 0.50 31-Dec-05 26 355 389 Brewin Dolphin 370.40 1.90 45.60 2.70 30-Sep-05 27 364 417 Numis 355.00 3.40 10.70 1.00 30-Sep-05 28 369 Rensburg Sheppards 348.60 8.10 30.80 2.50 30-Nov-04 29 377 391 Rab Capital 324.90 0.80 16.20 1.20 31-Dec-05 30 382 349 IP2IPO Group 309.70 6.80 53.70 31-Dec-05 31 408 462 Accident Exchange 277.20 4.30 59.00 0.40 30-Apr-05 32 426 Trading Emissions 257.50 1.90 33 444 427 Camellia 230.60 81.10 62.20 1.20 31-Dec-04 34 446 Ecosecurities 230.40 2.50 0.00 31-Dec-05 35 456 Crosby Capital Partners 220.80 0.90 26.80 31-Dec-04 General industrials 1 97 87 Rexam 3,084.00 3,237.00 5.60 13.80 3.60 31-Dec-05 2 102 109 Tomkins 2,869.50 3,182.40 3.40 13.50 4.40 31-Dec-05 3 201 197 Cookson 984.10 1,634.60 5.20 1.10 31-Dec-05 4 258 233 Smith (DS) 705.10 1,624.90 1.80 17.90 5.20 30-Apr-05 5 438 386 RPC 242.70 513.30 2.50 18.10 3.20 31-Mar-05 General retailers 1 35 47 Marks & Spencer 9,285.60 7,942.30 5.60 19.10 2.40 02-Apr-05 2 36 30 GUS 9,258.70 7,787.00 10.60 24.90 3.10 31-Mar-05 3 53 38 Kingfisher 5,635.40 8,010.10 2.40 39.90 4.90 28-Jan-06 4 77 63 Next 4,035.10 3,106.20 16.50 13.00 3.00 28-Jan-06 5 88 59 Boots Group 3,494.70 5,469.10 7.20 17.60 4.60 31-Mar-05 6 91 80 DSG International 3,368.60 6,982.70 1.80 14.60 4.80 30-Apr-05 7 107 137 Carphone Warehouse 2,742.00 2,355.10 3.10 55.30 0.60 02-Apr-05 8 131