RELX has an exceptional ROE of 71%, best-in-class margins of 22% relative to specialty business services peers, a Piotroski F-Score of 7 out of 9, and analysts project 36% upside — but a confirmed downtrend with a death cross, falling on-balance volume, and a Rule of 40 score of only 24 indicate meaningful near-term technical risk that contradicts the strong fundamental quality picture.
Thesis pillars
- Exceptional Return On Equity And Margins→Stable
- Rule Of 40 Below Threshold→Stable
- Confirmed Downtrend Death Cross↓Deteriorating
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
RELX PLC PLC (RELX) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Temporary headwind edge
Industrials · Specialty Business Services
Sell if holding. Momentum 2.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $34.43 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 7.1): -1.5; Negative momentum.
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... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 2.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $34.43 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 7.1): -1.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: RSI 45 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 179d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: conservative.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-15Recent Developments — RELX PLC PLC
Latest news
- NEWS Assetmark Inc. Has $6.10 Million Holdings in Relx Plc $RELX - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Is RELX Overvalued? DCF Says Worth $20 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus neutral
- NEWS A Look at RELX PLC (RELX) After 4.0% Decline -- GF Value $50.38 vs Price $32.73 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus negative
- NEWS RELX stock trades steadily as data group highlights recurring revenue strength - Ad-hoc-news.de — Ad-hoc-news.de positive
- NEWS RELX slips Tuesday, underperforms market - MarketWatch — MarketWatch negative
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 2.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $34.43 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 7.1): -1.5; Negative momentum. Chart setup: RSI 45 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $32.11. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $45.09 (+31.0% upside). Prior stop was $32.11. Stop-loss: $32.11.
Leverage penalty (D/E 7.1): -1.5; Negative momentum; Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.4%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
RELX PLC PLC trades at a P/E of 20.5 (forward 15.9). TrendMatrix value score: 6.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover RELX with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $53.
What does RELX PLC PLC do?RELX PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and...
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.