Relx plc (REL)

Sector:

IT Services

Index:

FTSE 100

3,951.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -52.00p
  • 52 Week High: 4,135.00p
  • 52 Week Low: 3,284.00p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 1,846.12m
  • Volume: 590,153
  • Market Cap: £72,940m
  • RiskGrade: 128

Reed Elsevier Overview

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.

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Reed Elsevier Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.6% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.9 1.9
Op Mrgn 30.3% 34.0%
ROCE 206.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 33.3 29.3
PEG 6.2 2.8
Pr/Revenue 7.8 7.1
Pr/Book 21.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 3.0% 6.1%
PBT 11.4% 33.0%
EPS 5.4% 9.7%
DPS 7.1% 7.3%

Reed Elsevier Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 7,110.00 1,483.00 80.10p 22.4 n/a -14% 47.00p 2.6%
31-Dec-21 7,244.00 1,797.00 87.60p 27.4 3.0 +9% 49.80p 2.1%
31-Dec-22 8,553.00 2,113.00 102.20p 22.4 1.3 +17% 54.60p 2.4%
31-Dec-23 9,161.00 2,295.00 114.00p 27.3 2.3 +12% 58.80p 1.9%
31-Dec-24 9,434.00 2,557.00 120.10p 30.2 6.0 +5% 63.00p 1.7%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Reed Elsevier Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-25 10,013.62 3,401.90 131.75p 30.4 3.1 +10% 67.59p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 10,743.77 3,682.88 146.02p 27.4 2.5 +11% 73.66p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 11,380.11 3,926.53 159.07p 25.2 2.8 +9% 79.90p 0.0%

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Reed Elsevier Company Announcements

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Latest Reed Elsevier Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
24-Apr-25 Buy Alistair R Cox 3,970.41p 876 £34,780.77
18-Feb-25 Sell Erik Engstrom 4,035.69p 20,250 £817,226.97
18-Feb-25 Sell Erik Engstrom 4,035.31p 8,067 £325,528.39

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Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Reed Elsevier Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 3,951.00p
Change Today -52.00p
% Change -1.30 %
52 Week High 4,135.00p
52 Week Low 3,284.00p
Volume 590,153
Shares Issued 1,846.12m
Market Cap £72,940m
RiskGrade 128

Reed Elsevier Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
99.43% below the market average99.43% below the market average99.43% below the market average99.43% below the market average99.43% below the market average
92.59% below the sector average92.59% below the sector average92.59% below the sector average92.59% below the sector average92.59% below the sector average
Price Trend
82.69% above the market average82.69% above the market average82.69% above the market average82.69% above the market average82.69% above the market average
83.53% above the sector average83.53% above the sector average83.53% above the sector average83.53% above the sector average83.53% above the sector average
Income
95.63% below the market average95.63% below the market average95.63% below the market average95.63% below the market average95.63% below the market average
69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average69.23% below the sector average
Growth
1.57% below the market average1.57% below the market average1.57% below the market average1.57% below the market average1.57% below the market average
54.43% below the sector average54.43% below the sector average54.43% below the sector average54.43% below the sector average54.43% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 8
Neutral 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 16
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Reed Elsevier Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 08-May-25 01-Aug-24
Paid 19-Jun-25 05-Sep-24
Amount 44.80p 18.20p

Trades for 28-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
13:05 27 @ 3,951.55p
13:05 0 @ 3,953.00p
13:05 2 @ 3,951.00p
13:05 1,500 @ 3,951.00p
13:05 419 @ 3,951.00p

Reed Elsevier Key Personnel

CEO Erik Engstrom
CFO N L Luff
Chair Paul Walker

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