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Relx (REL) Competitors

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GBX 3,396 -67.00 (-1.93%)
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REL vs. III, RTO, WPP, HRI, RSG, FOUR, CSN, PAY, LOOK, and OCN

Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include 3i Group (III), Rentokil Initial (RTO), WPP (WPP), Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Chesnara (CSN), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), and Ocean Wilsons (OCN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Relx vs. Its Competitors

Relx (LON:REL) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Relx has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Relx pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Group pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

3i Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Relx. 3i Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx£9.53B6.49£1.85B£1.033,284.33
3i Group£5.19B8.26£3.83B£5.21835.38

70.8% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of 3i Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

3i Group has a net margin of 96.45% compared to Relx's net margin of 20.34%. Relx's return on equity of 56.71% beat 3i Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Relx20.34% 56.71% 11.74%
3i Group 96.45%19.97%12.09%

Relx presently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,496, suggesting a potential upside of 32.39%. 3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,716.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Relx's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Relx is more favorable than 3i Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Relx
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, 3i Group had 4 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for 3i Group and 6 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat 3i Group's score of 0.57 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
3i Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

3i Group beats Relx on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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REL vs. The Competition

MetricRelxSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£61.86B£6.82B£7.82B£2.60B
Dividend Yield1.85%4.82%4.57%5.29%
P/E Ratio3,284.33698.35301.874,431.92
Price / Sales6.49103.021,305.7099,742.78
Price / Cash440.5740.5428.1827.90
Price / Book20.187.594.948.66
Net Income£1.85B£144.67M£791.48M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.53%0.02%1.54%0.31%
1 Month Performance-2.51%2.18%5.16%5.78%
1 Year Performance-3.30%55.39%30.32%164.09%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REL
Relx
2.9525 of 5 stars
GBX 3,396
-1.9%
GBX 4,496
+32.4%
N/A£61.86B£9.53B3,284.3335,700Positive News
III
3i Group
2.5236 of 5 stars
GBX 4,079
+1.3%
GBX 4,725
+15.8%
+35.1%£39.38B£5.19B783.521,340High Trading Volume
RTO
Rentokil Initial
1.9263 of 5 stars
GBX 376.60
+2.7%
GBX 435
+15.5%
N/A£9.47B£6.92B2,934.6062,931High Trading Volume
WPP
WPP
2.3665 of 5 stars
GBX 363.90
0.0%
GBX 480
+31.9%
-52.6%£3.93B£14.18B1,051.73115,500High Trading Volume
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,452.87
-0.3%
N/A+21.3%£1.21B£34.06M3,587.116,600
RSG
Resolute Mining
0.5819 of 5 stars
GBX 49.32
+2.5%
GBX 46
-6.7%
+51.6%£1.05B£906.98M8,503.4540,000Gap Down
FOUR
4imprint Group
2.6931 of 5 stars
GBX 3,185
-0.3%
GBX 4,320
+35.6%
-36.7%£894.44M£1.36B761.422,300
CSN
Chesnara
2.2363 of 5 stars
GBX 274.50
+1.3%
GBX 326.50
+18.9%
+5.8%£633.17M£847.40M-6,503.355,700
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 739
+9.6%
N/A+12.4%£513.52M£310.71M2,809.891,260News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,130
+0.9%
N/A-18.5%£319.68M£20.46M557.4774,200

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This page (LON:REL) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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