profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
RELX
$40.51+1.17% today
-2.2% in 1 year
1-year low $27.731-year high $43.14
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $25.76 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What RELX sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £8.55 billion in 2022 to £9.59 billion in 2025, with £2.07 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
RELX handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £1.5B£1.2B
Free cash flow 2025£2.3B
Bought back its own shares£1.5B
Paid as dividends£1.2B
Cash vs. debt£131M vs. £7.3B
RELX vs. similar companies
RELX grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| RELX | 25.8× · Fair price | ||
 Cintas | 44.9× · Expensive | ||
 Thomson Reuters | 31.5× · Expensive | ||
 Copart | 19.0× · Fair price | ||
 Brambles | 25.7× · Fair price |
Compare RELX with Automatic Data Processing · Ametek · Boeing · Caterpillar · Cummins · Canadian Pacific Kansas City · CSX · Cintas
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads RELX's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,553 | 9,161 | 9,434 | 9,590 | |
| 5,508 | 5,945 | 6,134 | 6,357 | |
| 2,304 | 2,636 | 2,818 | 2,983 | |
| 3,008 | 3,312 | 3,544 | 3,686 | |
| 1,634 | 1,781 | 1,934 | 2,065 | |
| 0.85 | 0.94 | 1.03 | 1.12 | |
| 64.4% | 64.9% | 65.0% | 66.3% | |
| 26.9% | 28.8% | 29.9% | 31.1% | |
| 19.1% | 19.4% | 20.5% | 21.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 15,829 | 14,917 | 15,133 | 14,757 |
| Cash | 334 | 155 | 119 | 131 |
| Total debt | 6,730 | 6,497 | 6,544 | 7,267 |
| Total liabilities | 12,075 | 11,478 | 11,629 | 12,367 |
| 3,776 | 3,460 | 3,481 | 2,366 | |
| 1,938 | 1,903 | 1,877 | 1,844 | |
| 17.3% | 20.6% | 22.4% | 24.8% | |
| 43.3% | 51.5% | 55.6% | 87.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,401 | 2,457 | 2,608 | 2,836 | |
| 436 | 477 | 484 | 525 | |
| 1,965 | 1,980 | 2,124 | 2,311 | |
| Dividends paid | 983 | 1,059 | 1,121 | 1,181 |
| 500 | 800 | 1,000 | 1,500 | |
| 46 | 56 | 66 | 63 |
Valuation
- 25.8×
- 28.6×
- 2.64
- 18.8×
- 5.5×
- 23.0×
- 16.4×
- 4.3%
- 3.9%
- 2.2%
Profitability
- 66.3%
- 31.1%
- 21.5%
- 36.4%
- 22.0%
- 17.8%
- 90.8%
- 14.0%
- 34.3%
- 1.8%
Growth
- +3.9%
- +9.8%
- +7.9%
- +8.0%
- −1.2%
Financial health
- 2.1×
- 3.10
- 49.7%
- 10.1×
- 0.49
- 0.44
- 0.65
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 6%of 983
Top 3%of 991
Bottom 40%of 880
Bottom 34%of 990
Top 43%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $26.00
- Range
- $24.00 – $28.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | 0.79 | 0.85 | −6.7% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 0.72 | 0.56 | +28.1% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 0.64 | 0.80 | −19.1% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 0.66 | 0.77 | −14.5% |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.61 | 0.73 | −16.7% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.58 | 0.69 | −15.8% |
| Feb 16, 2023 | 0.56 | 0.67 | −16.3% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.48 | 0.57 | −16.1% |
2.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$22a year at today's yield, before tax
+8.0%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.41 in 2015 → $0.87 in 2025
How safe it looks
57.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 51.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
72Pass
Benjamin Graham
38No pass
Philip Fisher
83Pass
Peter Lynch
37No pass
Joel Greenblatt
46No pass
Charlie Munger
80Pass
Terry Smith
78Pass
Questions about RELX
Is RELX a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the RELX AI analysis
What does RELX do?
RELX PLC 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. It is in Specialty Business Services, based in London, United Kingdom, with 35,720 employees.
Does RELX pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.2% a year, about 57% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.18 billion in dividends.
Is RELX stock halal?
Yes. RELX passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 14% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has RELX stock done over the past year?
Down 2.2% over the past twelve months, to $40.51. It traded between $27.73 and $43.14 and is 6.1% below its high.
Who are RELX's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Cintas, Thomson Reuters, Copart and Brambles. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with RELX's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.