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Relx PLC (REL.L) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for REL.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Euro-AI 50 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Euro-AI 50 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
REL.L+1.4%+3.0%0.0%+7.2%
Euro-AI 50+0.1%+2.4%+2.1%—

Against the index: 0.6 pts ahead on the week, 2.1 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Industrials in Europe: −1.1% week · −1.9% month · −0.3% quarter · +13.2% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH4.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Specialty Business Services · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Business Services

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against REL.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Relx PLC

REL.L in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Relx provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers across four segments: Risk, Scientific/Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions. The Risk arm blends public and industry data with algorithms to help clients judge and predict risk, including a healthcare-products line; the Scientific/Technical & Medical arm supplies scientific and medical data; the Legal arm covers regulatory and business information; the Exhibitions arm runs digital tools that connect buyers and sellers around trade events. It is headquartered in London.
Where it sits in the stack
Relx carries no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index, so it is not read as a constraint on or customer of any build-out layer. It sits instead in the Euro-AI 50, a broader index our universe tracks, as an information-analytics business rather than a physical-stack name.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places Relx among scored Industrials names, including Wolters Kluwer and Verisk Analytics as similarly data-and-analytics businesses, alongside Vestas, Nordson, Accelleron and Sunbelt Rentals; the market also names Thomson Reuters as a comparable information provider.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Relx holds a seat in the Euro-AI 50 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the quality module reads strongest and the momentum module reads weakest; the diary has not yet logged a quote on the name.
What the diary watches
Whether demand across the four segments moves in step, particularly whether Exhibitions activity and Risk-analytics uptake diverge enough to shift the balance the score currently shows.

Relx PLC (REL.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK, classified under Industrials. Constituent of Euro-AI 50.

The Closelooknet company score reads 59/100 composite (momentum 43, quality 86, valuation 63) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.88%, annual · buybacks 1.58 bn GBX in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What REL.L pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 48.42 GBP per share · a 1.88% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year −24.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 64.30 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 48.42 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-06
  • By calendar year 2024: 60.00 GBP (partial) · 2025: 64.30 GBP · 2026: 48.42 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-05-02
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.18 bn GBX 54% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.58 bn GBX
  • Share count −1.8% in FY2025 63 m GBX of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 2.76 bn GBX · 97% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Relx PLC (REL.L)?

Relx PLC trades as REL.L on the LSE exchange (UK) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is REL.L in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Relx PLC is a constituent of Euro-AI 50, as of 2026-10-07.

What is Relx PLC's Closelooknet composite score?

59 out of 100, with momentum 43, quality 86 and valuation 63 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does REL.L trade against its moving averages?

Golden cross: Its 50-day crossed above its 200-day 4 sessions ago — a golden cross, the classic trend-turn-higher. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is REL.L doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Relx PLC is 0.0% against +2.1% for the Euro-AI 50 — 2.1 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-06. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Relx PLC compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Business Services), Relx PLC (REL.L) sits 29.1% below its 52-week high, 1.8% below its 50-day average; Cintas Corporation (CTAS) is 10.8% below, Copart Inc (CPRT) is 44.8% below, Elis SA (ELIS.PA) is 23.7% below. Put any of them next to REL.L in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does Relx PLC do?

Relx provides information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers across four segments: Risk, Scientific/Technical & Medical, Legal, and Exhibitions. The Risk arm blends public and industry data with algorithms to help clients judge and predict risk, including a healthcare-products line; the Scientific/Technical & Medical arm supplies scientific and medical data; the Legal arm covers regulatory and business information; the Exhibitions arm runs digital tools that connect buyers and sellers around trade events. It is headquartered in London. Closelooknet's peer group places Relx among scored Industrials names, including Wolters Kluwer and Verisk Analytics as similarly data-and-analytics businesses, alongside Vestas, Nordson, Accelleron and Sunbelt Rentals; the market also names Thomson Reuters as a comparable information provider.

Where does Relx PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Relx carries no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index, so it is not read as a constraint on or customer of any build-out layer. It sits instead in the Euro-AI 50, a broader index our universe tracks, as an information-analytics business rather than a physical-stack name. Relx holds a seat in the Euro-AI 50 and carries a Closelooknet score, where the quality module reads strongest and the momentum module reads weakest; the diary has not yet logged a quote on the name.

Does Relx PLC pay a dividend?

Relx PLC has paid 48.42 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 1.88% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 48.42 GBP on 2026-05-06. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.18 bn GBX in dividends and bought back 1.58 bn GBX of its own shares, 97% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for REL.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Specialty Business Services. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.