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Relx (REL) Competitors

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GBX 3,899 -1.00 (-0.03%)
As of 07/4/2025

REL vs. III, RTO, WPP, FOUR, HRI, RSG, OCN, PAY, LOOK, and CSN

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), 4imprint Group (FOUR), Herald (HRI), Resolute Mining (RSG), Ocean Wilsons (OCN), PayPoint (PAY), Lookers (LOOK), and Chesnara (CSN). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Relx currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,770, indicating a potential upside of 22.34%. 3i Group has a consensus target price of GBX 4,850, indicating a potential upside of 19.99%. Given Relx's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
3i Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

In the previous week, Relx had 1 more articles in the media than 3i Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Relx and 4 mentions for 3i Group. 3i Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Relx's score of 0.54 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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£9.09B7.93£1.85B£100.1838.92
3i Group£3.97B9.83£3.83B£396.4810.19

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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Relx pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 3i Group pays out 15.4% 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.

55.5% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.1% of 3i Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Relx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of 3i Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Summary

3i Group beats Relx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding REL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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£72.10B£6.71B£7.52B£2.96B
Dividend Yield1.45%4.93%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio38.9232.6624.99147.88
Price / Sales7.93141.19118.75258,917.23
Price / Cash440.5740.5427.4527.97
Price / Book23.177.924.364.61
Net Income£1.85B£144.67M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.02%0.15%2.18%1.04%
1 Month Performance-2.01%3.44%5.72%5.12%
1 Year Performance8.76%52.59%31.80%80.82%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
REL
Relx
2.3678 of 5 stars
GBX 3,899
0.0%
GBX 4,770
+22.3%
+8.3%£72.10B£9.09B38.9235,700Positive News
III
3i Group
3.8114 of 5 stars
GBX 4,022
-1.4%
GBX 4,021
0.0%
+34.3%£38.83B£3.97B10.141,340Positive News
RTO
Rentokil Initial
4.3568 of 5 stars
GBX 350
flat
GBX 488.33
+39.5%
-24.0%£8.77B£5.38B22.4562,931
WPP
WPP
2.4691 of 5 stars
GBX 522.40
+0.2%
GBX 955
+82.8%
-27.9%£5.63B£14.89B27.60115,500
FOUR
4imprint Group
3.8572 of 5 stars
GBX 3,550.64
+0.2%
GBX 7,365
+107.4%
-36.1%£1.26B£1.71B11.312,300News Coverage
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,225
flat
N/A+3.8%£1.12B£162.63M6.426,600Negative News
RSG
Resolute Mining
2.9164 of 5 stars
GBX 29.90
+4.5%
GBX 38
+27.1%
+0.5%£796.64M£817.76M64.9440,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
OCN
Ocean Wilsons
N/AGBX 1,550
-1.0%
N/A+15.4%£683.40M£647.52M11.0774,200High Trading Volume
PAY
PayPoint
N/AGBX 825
-0.2%
N/A+28.9%£590.78M£301.14M16.941,260Dividend Increase
Gap Up
LOOK
Lookers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£503.22M£4.48B811.2538News Coverage
CSN
Chesnara
N/AGBX 297
-1.0%
N/A+16.0%£451.91M£412.72M108.325,700Trending News

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This page (LON:REL) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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