uk_500_2006_accounts UK 500 2006 Market value and share price at 31 March 2006 UK UK Rank Rank Market Turnover Price Dividend 2006 2005 Company value £m Sector £m £ PER yield (%) Year End 1 1 BP 134,454.8 Oil & gas producers 142,968.1 6.6 10.9 3.4 31/12/2005 2 6 Royal Dutch Shell 121,671.9 Oil & gas producers 175,787.2 18.0 8.3 31/12/2005 3 2 HSBC 109,720.8 Banks 9.7 12.4 4.8 31/12/2005 4 4 Glaxosmithkline 87,547.2 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 21,660.0 15.1 18.2 3.2 31/12/2005 5 3 Vodafone Group 72,452.8 Mobile telecommunications 34,133.0 1.2 3.8 31/03/2005 6 5 Royal Bank of Scotland 59,637.1 Banks 18.7 11.1 4.3 31/12/2005 7 8 AstraZeneca 45,775.5 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 13,725.7 29.0 17.4 2.9 31/12/2005 8 7 Barclays 43,714.5 Banks 6.7 12.4 4.4 31/12/2005 9 9 HBOS 36,709.1 Banks 9.6 11.7 4.2 31/12/2005 10 14 Anglo American 33,824.4 Mining 16,868.6 22.2 15.9 2.3 31/12/2005 11 15 Rio Tinto 30,976.6 Mining 10,907.8 29.2 13.3 4.1 31/12/2005 12 10 Lloyds TSB 30,842.4 Banks 5.5 12.3 6.9 31/12/2005 13 13 British American Tobacco 29,144.9 Tobacco 9,325.0 13.9 16.5 3.7 31/12/2005 14 16 BHP Billiton 25,952.6 Mining 16,956.3 10.5 17.6 1.7 30/06/2005 15 11 Tesco 25,930.5 Food & drug retailers 33,974.0 3.3 18.6 2.5 26/02/2005 16 12 Diageo 25,723.3 Beverages 9,036.0 9.1 19.6 3.6 30/06/2005 17 20 BG Group 25,338.6 Oil & gas producers 5,424.0 7.2 16.7 0.9 31/12/2005 18 21 Aviva 19,158.1 Life insurance 8.0 10.9 3.8 31/12/2005 19 22 Standard Chartered 18,682.3 Banks 14.3 16.8 2.8 31/12/2005 20 17 BT Group 18,526.6 Fixed line telecommunications 18,623.0 2.2 10.4 5.2 31/03/2005 21 29 SABMiller 17,012.0 Beverages 7,393.5 11.4 21.1 2.1 31/03/2005 22 18 Unilever 16,997.2 Food producers 27,576.8 5.9 14.6 2.7 31/12/2005 23 24 Prudential 16,167.3 Life insurance 6.7 21.1 2.7 31/12/2005 24 19 National Grid 15,539.9 Gas, water & multiutilities 8,521.0 5.7 19.4 4.6 31/03/2005 25 23 Reckitt Benckiser 14,586.5 Household goods 4,179.0 20.3 22.0 2.1 31/12/2005 26 32 Bae Systems 13,548.6 Aerospace & defence 11,019.0 4.2 24.2 2.7 31/12/2005 27 28 Imperial Tobacco 11,920.5 Tobacco 3,149.0 17.1 21.6 3.6 30/09/2005 28 26 Cadbury Schweppes 11,919.9 Food producers 6,508.0 5.7 15.3 2.5 01/01/2006 29 40 Xstrata 11,783.5 Mining 4,613.3 18.6 11.7 0.9 31/12/2005 Page 1 uk_500_2006_accounts 30 51 Old Mutual 11,038.9 Life insurance 2.0 8.0 3.0 31/12/2005 31 33 Scottish Power 10,881.3 Electricity 6,848.8 5.8 4.3 31/03/2005 32 31 Centrica 10,178.6 Gas, water & multiutilities 13,448.0 2.8 10.3 4.1 31/12/2005 33 27 British Sky Broadcasting 9,762.8 Media 4,048.0 5.4 24.3 1.9 30/06/2005 34 34 Scottish & Southern Energy 9,737.8 Electricity 7,424.6 11.3 17.9 4.2 31/03/2005 35 47 Marks & Spencer 9,285.6 General retailers 7,942.3 5.6 19.1 2.4 02/04/2005 36 30 GUS 9,258.7 General retailers 7,787.0 10.6 24.9 3.1 31/03/2005 37 36 Legal & General 9,238.5 Life insurance 1.4 9.9 4.1 31/12/2005 38 43 Land Securities 9,042.4 Real estate 19.3 2.5 31/03/2005 39 41 BAA 8,956.2 Industrial transportation 2,115.0 8.3 16.3 2.8 31/03/2005 40 35 WPP Group 8,594.2 Media 26,673.7 6.9 22.8 1.5 31/12/2005 41 39 Wolseley 8,415.9 Support services 11,257.7 14.1 18.0 2.1 31/07/2005 42 61 Rolls-Royce Group 8,104.3 Aerospace & defence 6,603.0 4.6 22.8 2.1 31/12/2005 43 53 Boc Group 7,937.5 Chemicals 3,754.7 15.5 20.9 2.7 30/09/2005 44 60 Man Group 7,558.0 General financial 24.7 21.4 1.7 31/03/2005 45 37 Reed Elsevier 7,007.3 Media 5.5 29.7 2.9 31/12/2005 46 44 Associated British Foods 6,713.4 Food producers 5,622.0 8.5 20.1 2.4 17/09/2005 47 62 British Land 6,441.8 Real estate 12.4 1.4 31/03/2005 48 52 Pearson 6,418.4 Media 4,096.0 8.0 10.2 3.8 31/12/2005 49 57 Ladbrokes 6,171.3 Travel & leisure 11,505.0 3.9 18.8 1.0 31/12/2005 50 70 United Utilities 6,023.2 Gas, water & multiutilities 2,253.9 6.9 14.7 7.3 31/03/2005 51 42 Carnival 6,014.9 Travel & leisure 6,353.9 28.3 17.6 1.6 30/11/2005 52 55 Sainsbury (J) 5,659.1 Food & drug retailers 15,409.0 3.3 2.6 26/03/2005 53 38 Kingfisher 5,635.4 General retailers 8,010.1 2.4 39.9 4.9 28/01/2006 54 56 Smiths Group 5,550.9 Aerospace & defence 3,016.8 9.8 25.0 3.3 31/07/2005 55 66 Alliance & Leicester 5,545.5 Banks 12.4 14.2 4.6 31/12/2005 56 54 Gallaher Group 5,510.2 Tobacco 2,603.0 8.4 14.9 4.4 31/12/2005 57 69 Hanson 5,417.6 Construction & materials 3,715.7 7.5 14.2 2.9 31/12/2005 58 46 Reuters Group 5,338.6 Media 2,409.0 4.0 12.2 2.8 31/12/2005 59 Partygaming 5,310.0 Travel & leisure 560.3 1.3 30.1 2.5 31/12/2005 60 64 3I Group 5,186.5 General financial 9.4 6.2 5.9 31/03/2006 61 49 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 5,051.9 Food & drug retailers 12,114.8 1.9 2.2 29/01/2006 62 Kazakhmys 5,039.4 Mining 1,488.6 10.8 3.7 31/12/2005 63 71 Northern Rock 4,987.0 Banks 11.8 16.3 2.8 31/12/2005 64 48 ITV 4,924.8 Media 2,177.0 1.2 22.1 2.9 31/12/2005 65 50 Compass Group 4,920.3 Travel & leisure 12,704.0 2.3 4.8 30/09/2005 66 58 Smith & Nephew 4,806.9 Healthcare equipment & services 1,407.0 5.1 25.7 1.2 31/12/2005 Page 2 uk_500_2006_accounts 67 65 Scottish & Newcastle 4,651.2 Beverages 3,260.0 5.2 18.8 4.5 31/12/2005 68 68 Friends Provident 4,408.3 Life insurance 2.1 33.1 4.1 31/12/2005 69 84 Amvescap 4,404.5 General financial 5.4 34.7 2.0 31/12/2005 70 77 Shire 4,382.5 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology 916.6 8.8 0.4 31/12/2005 71 91 Antofagasta 4,213.5 Mining 1,401.4 21.4 10.1 3.3 31/12/2005 72 86 International Power 4,169.4 Electricity 1,933.0 2.8 14.6 1.8 31/12/2005 73 74 ICI 4,123.2 Chemicals 5,812.0 3.5 10.5 2.5 31/12/2005 74 67 Intercontinental Hotels 4,046.9 Travel & leisure 852.0 9.4 9.9 1.8 31/12/2005 75 96 Royal & Sun Alliance 4,043.7 Nonlife insurance 1.4 7.3 31/12/2005 76 143 Vedanta Resources 4,043.5 Mining 1,079.8 14.1 58.7 0.8 31/03/2005 77 63 Next 4,035.1 General retailers 3,106.2 16.5 13.0 3.0 28/01/2006 78 81 British Airways 3,994.8 Travel & leisure 7,813.0 3.5 15.1 31/03/2005 79 73 Liberty International 3,975.6 Real estate 11.8 10.3 2.7 31/12/2005 80 94 Corus Group 3,912.6 Industrial metals 10,140.0 0.9 8.7 1.9 31/12/2005 81 101 Persimmon 3,911.0 Household goods 2,285.7 13.3 11.2 2.6 31/12/2005 82 75 Severn Trent 3,885.0 Gas, water & multiutilities 2,081.2 11.2 27.7 4.8 31/03/2005 83 72 Yell Group 3,844.9 Media 1,285.3 5.4 40.6 2.6 31/03/2005 84 140 Lonmin 3,788.9 Mining 646.5 26.6 40.4 1.7 30/09/2005 85 131 British Energy Group 3,703.9 Electricity 482.0 6.5 0.0 31/03/2005 86 89 Sage Group 3,537.5 Software & computer services 776.6 2.8 24.6 1.2 30/09/2005 87 95 Hammerson 3,533.8 Real estate 12.4 6.3 1.8 31/12/2005 88 59 Boots Group 3,494.7 General retailers 5,469.1 7.2 17.6 4.6 31/03/2005 89 106 Schroders 3,448.7 General financial 11.9 18.1 2.0 31/12/2005 90 115 Cairn Energy 3,394.2 Oil & gas producers 150.5 21.3 73.6 31/12/2005 91 80 DSG International 3,368.6 General retailers 6,982.7 1.8 14.6 4.8 30/04/2005 92 83 Alliance Unichem 3,241.0 Food & drug retailers 9,171.2 9.0 15.2 2.5 31/12/2005 93 112 Bradford & Bingley 3,167.4 Banks 5.0 16.6 4.1 31/12/2005 94 Drax Group 3,145.6 Electricity 928.6 7.7 7.9 31/12/2005 95 85 Enterprise Inns 3,126.6 Travel & leisure 919.9 9.5 15.4 2.1 30/09/2005 96 100 Brambles Industries 3,090.4 Support services 3,420.6 4.3 31.3 2.5 30/06/2005 97 87 Rexam 3,084.0 General industrials 3,237.0 5.6 13.8 3.6 31/12/2005 98 103 Johnson Matthey 3,069.3 Chemicals 4,638.5 14.0 34.4 2.2 31/03/2005 99 82 Whitbread 3,051.4 Travel & leisure 1,912.9 11.9 19.9 2.4 03/03/2005 100 92 Capita Group 2,896.7 Support services 1,435.5 4.6 28.2 1.7 31/12/2005 101 98 Kelda Group 2,894.2 Gas, water & multiutilities 763.0 7.9 16.8 4.1 31/03/2005 102 109 Tomkins 2,869.5 General industrials 3,182.4 3.4 13.5 4.4 31/12/2005 103 79 Rentokil Initial 2,829.1 Support services 2,301.2 1.6 8.8 5.3 31/12/2005 Page 3 uk_500_2006_accounts 104 108 Slough Estates 2,821.6 Real estate 6.7 7.3 2.9 31/12/2005 105 78 Daily Mail 2,801.9 Media 2,137.7 6.9 27.9 1.9 02/10/2005 106 88 Tate & Lyle 2,785.0 Food producers 3,001.0 5.7 19.2 3.8 31/03/2005 107 137 Carphone Warehouse 2,742.0 General retailers 2,355.1 3.1 55.3 0.6 02/04/2005 108 126 Icap 2,718.5 General financial 4.5 31.7 2.0 31/03/2005 109 153 London Stock Exchange 2,705.8 General financial 10.6 45.7 6.5 31/03/2005 110 129 Barratt Developments 2,563.2 Household goods 2,512.7 10.6 8.6 2.8 30/06/2005 111 76 Cable & Wireless 2,553.0 Fixed line telecommunications 3,222.0 1.1 8.4 3.9 31/03/2005 112 180 Resolution 2,422.2 Life insurance 6.7 29.9 3.0 31/12/2004 113 99 Hays 2,406.8 Support services 1,683.0 1.6 20.3 2.3 30/06/2005 114 122 Group 4 Securicor 2,397.7 Support services 4,129.9 1.9 29.6 2.1 31/12/2005 115 116 GKN 2,378.2 Automobiles & parts 3,648.0 3.3 31/12/2005 116 97 Bunzl 2,356.2 Support services 2,924.4 6.8 18.7 2.6 31/12/2005 117 121 Mitchells & Butlers 2,345.9 Travel & leisure 1,662.0 4.8 18.4 2.5 01/10/2005 118 119 Taylor Woodrow 2,322.1 Household goods 3,476.9 4.0 8.0 3.7 31/12/2005 119 105 EMAP 2,281.2 Media 1,068.0 8.8 40.8 3.1 31/03/2005 120 102 William Hill 2,248.7 Travel & leisure 10,746.1 6.0 21.0 3.4 27/12/2005 121 144 LogicaCmg 2,243.8 Software & computer services 1,834.1 2.0 26.5 3.2 31/12/2005 122 124 Wimpey (George) 2,221.3 Household goods 3,003.2 5.6 8.7 3.5 31/12/2005 123 123 Punch Taverns 2,212.7 Travel & leisure 770.1 8.4 14.5 1.5 20/08/2005 124 152 Investec 2,195.0 General financial 29.4 36.1 2.5 31/03/2005 125 162 Tullow Oil 2,194.0 Oil & gas producers 445.2 3.4 19.4 1.2 31/12/2005 126 118 Foreign & Colonial 2,193.9 Equity investment instruments 2.7 49.2 1.7 31/12/2005 127 135 Associated British Ports 2,182.8 Industrial transportation 434.9 7.2 22.1 2.6 31/12/2005 128 134 Pilkington