Insider Buying: Relx Plc (LON:REL) Insider Purchases 876 Shares of Stock

Relx Plc (LON:REL - Get Free Report) insider Alistair R. Cox acquired 876 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 24th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 3,970 ($53.25) per share, for a total transaction of £34,777.20 ($46,643.24).

Relx Price Performance

REL traded up GBX 57.85 ($0.78) during trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 4,059.85 ($54.45). 9,716,018 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 18,132,381. Relx Plc has a 12-month low of GBX 3,259 ($43.71) and a 12-month high of GBX 4,205 ($56.40). The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 3,818.70 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 3,782.94. 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 company has a market cap of £75.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.53, a PEG ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48.

Relx (LON:REL - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 120.10 ($1.61) earnings per share for the quarter. Relx had a net margin of 20.34% and a return on equity of 56.71%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Relx Plc will post 134.0035675 EPS for the current year.

Relx Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 8th will be given a dividend of GBX 448 ($6.01) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 8th. This represents a yield of 1.19%. This is a positive change from Relx's previous dividend of $18.20. Relx's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 59.89%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a GBX 4,770 ($63.98) price objective on shares of Relx in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th.

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.