Relx (LON:REL) Shares Pass Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

Relx Plc (LON:REL - Get Free Report)'s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 3,914.53 ($52.92) and traded as high as GBX 4,008 ($54.18). Relx shares last traded at GBX 3,975.61 ($53.75), with a volume of 2,122,112 shares.

Relx Trading Down 1.0%

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 3,973.35 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,918.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a current ratio of 0.48. The stock has a market cap of £71.75 billion, a PE ratio of 38.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48.

Insider Activity

In other Relx news, insider Alistair R. Cox purchased 876 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 24th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 3,970 ($53.67) per share, for a total transaction of £34,777.20 ($47,015.28). 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.