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Company Profile & Ownership

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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Relx PLC

Common Stock · Industrials · Research & Consulting Services

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Company

Company / asset: Relx PLC
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Research & Consulting Services
HQ: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Head office: 1-3 Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2N 5JR

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Erik Engstrom M.Sc Econ, M.Sc Eng., MBA
CEO year born: 1963
Full-time employees: 37K
Fiscal year end: December

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-09

Market Cap: GBP 44.8B
P/E: 10.7x
Revenue (Q2 26): GBP 4.9B
Profit (Q2 26): GBP 1.2B
Dividend Yield: 2.8%
Revenue (FY 25): GBP 9.6B
Shares in public float: 1.7B
Insider ownership: 0.47%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: REL.LSE
Listing: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Dividend Tax: 0%
Ticker Currency: GBX
Income Statement Currency: GBP
Balance Sheet Currency: GBP
Cash Flow Currency: GBP
EPS Currency: GBP
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: GB00B2B0DG97
Asset ID: equity_572a7254-f158-5cbc-b139-339cc838f991

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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

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The financial reports paint a picture of a highly stable and predictable cash-generating machine. The company recently generated massive free cash flow of nearly three billion pounds, showing that its transition from traditional print to digital analytics is highly successful. Analysts agree that the core business is incredibly healthy, with steady revenue growth and strong cash generation that protects it from economic downturns. However, there is some disagreement about how quickly profits will grow in the future. Some believe that charging higher prices for new AI-powered tools will immediately boost earnings, while others are more cautious, pointing out that high computer processing costs might slow down profit growth in the short term. Overall, the consensus is that the company's ability to generate reliable cash makes it a very safe and attractive investment.

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Profitability & Margins

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The company boasts exceptionally high profit margins, with operating margins consistently exceeding thirty percent. This is a clear sign of incredible pricing power, meaning the company can easily raise prices without losing its customers, who rely on its essential data for their daily work. Analysts agree that these margins are highly durable and likely to expand even further as more customers upgrade to premium AI-enabled services. However, there is a slight clash in the outlook regarding the costs of running these advanced AI systems. Some analysts worry that the high computer processing costs of AI will temporarily squeeze margins, while others believe that automating internal data tasks will actually lower costs and boost profitability. Despite this minor debate, the overall consensus is that the company's remain among the strongest and most secure in the market.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	8,480,850,000	2,060,250,000	1,428,030,000	63.92	24.77	16.84	24.29
2017-12-31	9,855,700,000	2,547,340,000	2,223,060,000	64.23	25.9	22.56	25.85
2018-12-31	9,514,840,000	2,487,930,000	1,805,940,000	64.71	26.21	18.98	26.15
2019-12-31	10,314,940,000	2,238,790,000	1,971,550,000	65.01	26.68	19.11	21.7
2020-12-31	9,669,600,000	1,678,240,000	1,664,640,000	65.02	21.45	17.22	17.36
2021-12-31	9,779,400,000	2,266,650,000	1,985,850,000	64.63	26.01	20.31	23.18
2022-12-31	10,349,130,000	2,377,650,000	1,977,140,000	64.4	27.16	19.1	22.97
2023-12-31	11,634,470,000	3,108,960,000	2,261,870,000	64.89	29.28	19.44	26.72
2024-12-31	11,792,500,000	3,281,250,000	2,417,500,000	65.02	30.33	20.5	27.82
2025-12-31	12,946,500,000	3,854,250,000	2,787,750,000	63.7	31.11	21.53	29.77

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-12-31	13.85	Trailing four quarters
2024-12-31	18.26	Trailing four quarters
2022-12-31	26.93	Annual net income
2021-12-31	31.51	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	2,023,400,000
2018-01-01	1,980,000,000
2019-01-01	1,947,160,900
2020-01-01	1,937,071,000
2021-01-01	1,929,425,400
2022-01-01	1,923,583,300
2023-01-01	1,896,198,100
2024-01-01	1,869,080,500
2025-01-01	1,833,333,000
2026-01-01	1,794,100,000

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