Relx (LON:REL) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

Relx Plc (LON:REL - Get Free Report)'s stock price crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 3,831.17 ($51.98) and traded as high as GBX 4,133 ($56.08). Relx shares last traded at GBX 4,129 ($56.02), with a volume of 4,413,398 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a GBX 4,770 ($64.72) price target on shares of Relx in a report on Tuesday, February 18th.

Relx Stock Performance

The company has a quick ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69. The company has a market cap of £76.59 billion, a PE ratio of 41.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 3,928.35 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 3,841.82.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Alistair R. Cox bought 876 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 24th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 3,970 ($53.87) per share, for a total transaction of £34,777.20 ($47,187.52). 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by 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.