Relx PLC RELX
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What this company does
Written from the business description in RELX PLC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 19 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +6.2% a year over the five years to FY2025 — but profit grew faster: net income at +11.0%, earnings per share at +12.1%.
The share count fell from 1.93B to 1.82B over the period.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Each GBP of equity produced 71 cents of profit this year.
The 11-year record
The share count changed between 2017 and 2020, but the exact year can't be marked here — the underlying count wasn't on file for every year in that stretch.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue £B | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.0 |
| Operating income £B | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| EBITDA £B | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Income tax £B | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Net income £B | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Free cash flow £B | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| EPS, diluted £ | 1.12 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 0.55 | ◌ |
| Dividend / sh £ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Payout % — not applicable: no dividend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ROE % | 70.6 | 55.7 | 49.2 | 46.6 | 55.2 | 57.4 | 67.0 | 61.5 | 72.2 | 51.7 | 46.3 |
| Shares out B | 1.82 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.93 | ◌ | ◌ | 0.00 | ◌ | ◌ |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 11 of the 11 fiscal years we could check. 18 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2016. Nine checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2016. Eight checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2015.