Relx (LON:REL) Shares Down 14.4% – What’s Next?

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

Key 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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on REL. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 5,070 price objective on shares of Relx in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Relx in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Citigroup began coverage on Relx in a report on Monday, January 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a GBX 3,178 price objective on the stock. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,570 target price on shares of Relx in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 4,222.50.

Relx Price Performance

The company has a market cap 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 fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,983.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 3,301.81. The company has a quick ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69.

Relx Company Profile

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.