Relx (LON:REL) Trading Down 14.4% – Time to Sell?

Relx Plc (LON:REL)’s share price traded down 14.4% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 2,142 and last traded at GBX 2,214. 17,229,896 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 3% from the average session volume of 17,756,586 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,585.

More Relx News

Here are the key news stories impacting Relx this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company continued active buybacks this week — RELX repurchased 373,957 ordinary shares as part of its 2026 buyback, reducing share count and supporting EPS and capital return signaling management confidence. RELX Continues 2026 Buyback with Further Treasury Share Purchase
• Positive Sentiment: Earlier the same week RELX added to its programme with another treasury purchase (375,735 shares) — ongoing purchases suggest the buyback program remains funded and prioritized, which can be supportive for the share price over time. RELX Adds to Buyback Programme With New Treasury Share Purchase
• Neutral Sentiment: RELX published an update to total voting rights: issued share capital recorded as 1,828,156,086 ordinary shares as of 30 Jan 2026 — a routine regulatory disclosure that confirms the post-buyback share count; useful for calculating per?share metrics but not an operational update. RELX Updates Total Voting Rights to 1.82 Billion Shares

Analyst Ratings Changes

REL has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Relx in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 5,070 price objective on shares of Relx in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Relx in a research report on Monday, January 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a GBX 3,178 price objective for the company. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,570 target price on shares of Relx in a report on Friday, October 17th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Relx presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 4,222.50.

Relx Stock Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of £40.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a current ratio of 0.48. The stock’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,983.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3,301.81.

About Relx

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 33,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.