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RELX Key Statistics

As of Oct 21, 2026

Trading

Open: $39.60
Previous Close: $39.39
Day's Range: 38.55–40.06
52-Week Range: 27.57–47.22
Volume: 4.22M
Beta: 0.28

Valuation

Market Cap: $67.97B
P/E Ratio: 23.43
Forward P/E: 18.30
PEG Ratio: 1.33
P/S ratio: 6.99
EPS (ttm): 1.67

Financials (FY)

Revenue (FY): $9.59B+1.65%
Net Income (FY): $2.07B+6.77%
Profit margin: 23.27%
Shares Outstanding: 1.74B
1-Year Return: −13.13%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: $0.91+2.32%
Ex-Dividend Date: August 7, 2026
Avg Volume: 2.28M

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

RELX Stock Return by Calendar Year

RELX PLC (RELX) 10-year return: what $10,000 became

1 year: $10,000 $8,687; −13.13%
5 years: $10,000 $13,920; +39.20%
10 years: $10,000 $27,205; +172.05%

If you had invested $10,000 in RELX PLC (RELX) 10 years ago, at the close on October 21, 2016, it would have been worth $27,205 at the close on October 21, 2026: +172.05% in total, +10.53% a year, with dividends reinvested. A historical calculation from closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, before fees and taxes.

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

−13.06%+46.09%−0.52%

2016*2017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	−0.52%
2025	−9.60%
2024	+16.59%
2023	+46.09%
2022	−13.06%
2021	+35.47%
2020	+0.27%
2019	+26.17%
2018	−11.19%
2017	+34.89%
2016 (partial year)	−4.36%

As of October 21, 2026.

RELX Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December

RevenueNet income

2022202320242025

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Net margin
2025	$9.59B	$2.07B	21.5%
2024	$9.43B	$1.93B	20.5%
2023	$9.16B	$1.78B	19.4%
2022	$8.55B	$1.63B	19.1%

Fiscal year	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating income	Net income	Net margin
2025	$9.59B	$6.36B	$2.98B	$2.07B	21.5%
2024	$9.43B	$6.13B	$2.82B	$1.93B	20.5%
2023	$9.16B	$5.95B	$2.64B	$1.78B	19.4%
2022	$8.55B	$5.51B	$2.30B	$1.63B	19.1%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

RELX Dividend History

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$0.82+8.2% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 2 payments

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026*	$0.94	2	—
2025	$0.82	2	+8.2%
2024	$0.76	2	+10.8%
2023	$0.69	2	+2.1%

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026 (partial year)	$0.94	2	—
2025	$0.82	2	+8.2%
2024	$0.76	2	+10.8%
2023	$0.69	2	+2.1%
2022	$0.67	2	+0.4%
2021	$0.67	2	+13.4%
2020	$0.59	2	+5.9%
2019	$0.56	2	+1.1%
2018	$0.55	2	+16.7%
2017	$0.47	2	—

Most recent payment: $0.47 per share, ex-dividend August 7, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

RELX Valuation vs Specialty Business Services Median

Median of 50 stocks

Metric	RELX	Specialty Business Services median	vs median
P/E	23.43	25.29	7% below
P/S ratio	6.99	1.09	6.4x the median
Profit margin	23.27%	1.93%	21.3 pts above

Medians across 50 Specialty Business Services stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of October 21, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

RELX PLC (RELX) carries a market capitalisation of $67.97B. It is classified in the Specialty Business Services industry, within the Industrials sector. The company reports 37,000 employees.

RELX last closed at $39.13 on October 21, 2026. That is −$0.26 (−0.66%) against the previous close. The 52-week range on file runs from $27.57 to $47.22. The latest close sits 41.93% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

In fiscal 2025, RELX PLC reported revenue of $9.59B. Against the prior fiscal year total of $9.43B, that is a change of +1.65%. Net income for the same year was $2.07B. That is +6.77% against the prior fiscal year. The reported profit margin is 23.27%. That is 21.3 percentage points above the Specialty Business Services median of 1.93%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 1.67.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $8.55B in 2022 to $9.59B in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

RELX trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 23.43. That is 7.35% below the Specialty Business Services median of 25.29. The forward P/E on file is 18.3. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 1.33. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 6.99 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 6.4 times the Specialty Business Services median of 1.09. The medians here are taken across 50 Specialty Business Services companies that report the metric.

The reported beta is 0.28. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 22.97%. The trailing one-year total return is −13.13%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +10.53%.

Growth & Income

Shareholders receive a dividend, yielding 2.32% on the latest price. The indicated annual rate is $0.91 a share. The ex-dividend date on file is August 7, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 10 calendar years; 2026 shows 2 payments totalling $0.94 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $0.82 a share.

The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2023 at +46.09%; the weakest is 2022 at −13.06%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher. So far in 2026 the total return is −0.52%.

Peer Comparison

RELX PLC (RELX) operates in the Specialty Business Services industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
RELX PLC	RELX	$67.97B	23.4
Cintas Corporation	CTAS	$87.42B	43.4
Thomson Reuters Corporation	TRI	$49.94B	30.3
Copart, Inc.	CPRT	$25.55B	17.8

The Specialty Business Services industry average P/E ratio is 25.3x. RELX PLC trades at a P/E of 23.4.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each daily rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of October 21, 2026.

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About RELX PLC

RELX PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Risk; Scientific, Technical & Medical; Legal; and Exhibitions. The Risk segment offers information-based analytics and decision tools that combine public and industry specific content with technology and algorithms to assist clients in evaluating and predicting risk, as well as a portfolio of commercial healthcare products. Its Scientific, Technical & Medical segment provides scientific and medical information and data sets for science and healthcare. The Legal segment provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics. Its Exhibitions segment combines digital tools and data to help customers connect in-person and online, discover new markets, source products, generate leads, and transact. The company was formerly known as Reed Elsevier PLC and changed its name to RELX PLC in July 2015. RELX PLC was incorporated in 1903 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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