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Relx (REL) Competitors

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GBX 3,445.03 +49.03 (+1.44%)
As of 09/12/2025 11:51 AM Eastern

REL vs. III, RTO, WPP, HRI, FOUR, RSG, CSN, LOOK, PAY, 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), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Resolute Mining (RSG), Chesnara (CSN), Lookers (LOOK), PayPoint (PAY), and Ocean Wilsons (OCN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Relx vs. Its Competitors

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

59.5% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of 3i Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Relx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Relx pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 3i Group pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Relx pays out 60.9% 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.

In the previous week, Relx had 7 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Relx and 1 mentions for 3i Group. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat 3i Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

3i Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,850, indicating a potential upside of 27.33%. Relx has a consensus target price of GBX 4,496, indicating a potential upside of 30.51%. Given Relx's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Relx is more favorable than 3i Group.

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

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

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
3i Group96.45% 19.97% 12.09%
Relx 20.34%56.71%11.74%

3i Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
3i Group£5.19B7.09£3.83B£5.21731.66
Relx£9.53B6.60£1.85B£1.033,331.75

Summary

3i Group beats Relx on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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REL vs. The Competition

MetricRelxSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£62.94B£7.31B£7.79B£2.58B
Dividend Yield1.85%4.81%4.56%5.30%
P/E Ratio3,331.75702.87315.075,410.94
Price / Sales6.60109.83217.2496,691.90
Price / Cash440.5740.5428.9127.93
Price / Book20.487.454.607.77
Net Income£1.85B£144.67M£798.53M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.10%0.32%0.90%6.51%
1 Month Performance-1.54%-0.24%0.76%55.94%
1 Year Performance-5.15%36.92%26.46%147.85%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REL
Relx
2.9363 of 5 stars
GBX 3,445.03
+1.4%
GBX 4,496
+30.5%
-5.4%£62.94B£9.53B3,331.7535,700News Coverage
III
3i Group
2.3394 of 5 stars
GBX 3,967.50
-0.3%
GBX 4,850
+22.2%
+19.3%£38.30B£5.19B762.101,340
RTO
Rentokil Initial
3.1586 of 5 stars
GBX 383.20
+0.6%
GBX 435
+13.5%
+0.6%£9.64B£6.92B2,986.0362,931News Coverage
Positive News
WPP
WPP
1.5496 of 5 stars
GBX 402.84
+0.4%
GBX 480
+19.2%
-46.0%£4.35B£14.18B1,164.28115,500
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,393.78
-0.1%
N/A+16.8%£1.18B£34.06M3,500.716,600
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.2193 of 5 stars
GBX 3,445
+0.7%
GBX 4,320
+25.4%
-32.2%£967.46M£1.36B823.572,300News Coverage
Positive News
RSG
Resolute Mining
0.657 of 5 stars
GBX 38.46
+9.1%
GBX 46
+19.6%
+18.3%£819.17M£906.98M6,631.7240,000News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 266.50
+0.4%
GBX 326.50
+22.5%
+4.8%£614.72M£847.40M-6,313.825,700
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 688
+0.1%
N/A+0.1%£478.08M£310.71M2,615.971,260Dividend Increase
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,240
+0.4%
N/A-8.3%£350.80M£20.46M611.7474,200

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This page (LON:REL) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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