RELX PLC

RELX Industrials Specialty Business Services

RELX PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.6 billion, up 4.90% from fiscal 2024.

41.06 1.66 +4.21%
Market cap
$68.4B
P/E
18.0×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
2.32%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.89
Beneish M
−2.75
Dividend safety
60/100

RELX PLC (RELX) Debt to equity

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RELX PLC's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 7.1×, up 4.1× from fiscal 2025 (3.0×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8× (fiscal 2015) to 3.4× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Business Services industry median of 0.2× and above the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 3.0× 62.81%
FY2024 1.9× (1.14%)
FY2023 1.9× 5.38%
FY2022 1.8× (6.27%)
FY2021 1.9× (43.58%)
FY2020 3.4× 15.76%
FY2019 2.9× 8.55%
FY2018 2.7× 31.10%
FY2017 2.1× 0.20%
FY2016 2.1× 14.64%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 7.1× 133.39%
Dec 2025 3.0× (11.47%)
Jun 2025 3.4× 83.89%
Dec 2024 1.9× (14.59%)
18 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.8× High 3.4×
Ten-year median 2.1×
Current reading's percentile 91

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UNF Unifirst Corporation compare 0.0×
DLB Dolby Laboratories compare 0.0×
CPRT Copart, Inc. compare 0.0×
ULS UL Solutions Inc. compare 0.4×
CTAS Cintas Corporation compare 0.5×
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. compare 0.8×
RTO Rentokil Initial PLC compare 1.0×
ARMK Aramark compare 1.8×
RELX RELX PLC 7.1×
Specialty Business Services industry median 0.2×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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