RELX PLC’s London-listed shares (ticker: LON: REL) finished Thursday, 20 November 2025 modestly higher, participating in a broader rebound across UK equities after several choppy sessions.
At the close, RELX traded around 3,030p, with Hargreaves Lansdown quoting a bid of 3,028p and offer of 3,030p, up about 13p (+0.43%) versus Wednesday’s 3,016p close. [1]
This puts the information and analytics group slightly behind — but broadly in line with — the FTSE 100, which rose roughly 0.5–0.6% on the day to around 9,560 points. [2]
RELX PLC (LON: REL) share price snapshot – 20 November 2025
Based on delayed London Stock Exchange and data-aggregator feeds, here is what today’s session looked like for RELX on the UK market:
- Last price (London close): c. 3,030p (bid 3,028p / offer 3,030p) [3]
- Day change: +13p, or roughly +0.4%, versus yesterday’s close at 3,016p (equivalent to £30.16) [4]
- Opening price: around 3,042p [5]
- Intraday range (so far reported): approximately 3,018p – 3,048p [6]
- Early volume: about 0.77m shares traded by mid‑morning, versus an average daily volume near 4.6m shares (final full‑day volume will be higher, but is not yet fully reported in public delayed feeds). [7]
- Market capitalisation: roughly £55bn, with about 1.82bn shares in issue. [8]
- 52‑week range: 3,011p – 4,205p, leaving today’s close near the bottom end of the yearly range and roughly 28% below the February peak. [9]
On a valuation basis, StockAnalysis estimates that RELX currently trades on a trailing P/E of about 29x and a forward P/E around 22x, with a dividend yield a little above 2% (c. 0.64 per share over the last twelve months, ex‑dividend on 7 August 2025). [10] That compares with FTSE 100 forward P/E ratios closer to 12–13x earlier in 2025, underlining RELX’s status as a premium‑rated “quality growth” name in the UK market. [11]
Yahoo Finance data also indicate that, despite recent weakness, RELX shares are still up around the mid‑teens percentage year‑to‑date (roughly +16–17% total return vs. 2025’s start), outpacing the broader UK market. [12]
How RELX traded versus the FTSE 100 today
Today’s move in RELX came against a notably more positive macro and equity backdrop:
- The FTSE 100 ended the session up about 0.5–0.6%, rebounding from recent declines and closing near 9,535–9,560 depending on the data provider. [13]
- The bounce followed strong earnings from Nvidia, which calmed worries about an “AI bubble” and sparked a risk‑on rally across global markets. European and UK indices gained between roughly 0.5% and 1% as tech optimism spread. [14]
Within that context, RELX’s +0.4% rise means the stock lagged the index slightly, but moved in the same direction as other quality growth names. That’s a notable change of tone from Wednesday, 19 November, when RELX fell about 1.3% to £30.16, underperforming the FTSE 100’s 0.47% decline and closing almost 28% below its 52‑week high. [15]
The modest uptick today therefore looks more like a technical pause and consolidation near recent lows than a decisive trend reversal — but it comes at a time when corporate newsflow remains supportive.
Latest news influencing RELX PLC as of 20 November 2025
There is no fresh RNS (regulatory news) from RELX dated 20 November 2025 itself at the time of writing. However, investors are still digesting a steady stream of corporate actions and trading updates from the last few weeks, which are highly relevant to today’s share price.
1. Daily share buybacks continue at pace
RELX has been very active in repurchasing its own shares in 2025, and that programme has accelerated again in November:
- On 18 November 2025, RELX announced that it bought back 60,300 ordinary shares through JP Morgan Securities, to be held in treasury. After that transaction, the company had 58.6m treasury shares and 1.824bn shares in issue, and disclosed that it had repurchased over 39m shares since 2 January 2025. [16]
- On 19 November 2025, a further 60,900 shares were repurchased on the London Stock Exchange, at prices between 3,011p and 3,071p, with a volume‑weighted average price of about 3,036.7p. [17] These shares are also being held as treasury stock, lifting the treasury total to around 58.7m shares. [18]
These daily “Transaction in Own Shares” notices follow a series of non‑discretionary buyback programmesannounced earlier in 2025:
- In April and June 2025, RELX unveiled sequential non‑discretionary buyback tranches of £300m and £175m, as part of a larger £1.5bn capital return plan for 2025. [19]
- A later RNS extended non‑discretionary repurchases through late November 2025, keeping a steady flow of demand for the shares even as the price pulled back from this year’s highs. [20]
For shareholders, this has two key implications:
- Earnings per share support: By shrinking the share count, RELX can sustain or improve EPS growth even if profit growth moderates.
- Signal of management confidence: Continuing to buy back stock near 52‑week lows suggests management believes the current valuation remains attractive relative to long‑term prospects.
With RNS logs for the FTSE 100 and FTSE 350 confirming daily buyback notices up to 19 November, but none yet for 20 November, today’s move is best seen as the market absorbing the recent buyback news rather than reacting to a fresh announcement. [21]
2. Strong trading update: AI‑driven growth across divisions
Fundamentally, RELX is still trading against a strong operational backdrop.
In its Trading Update on 23 October 2025, the company reported: [22]
- Underlying revenue growth year‑to‑date of +7%,
- A steadily improving long‑term growth trajectory, driven by a shift toward higher‑growth, higher‑value analytics and decision tools,
- And a reaffirmed outlook for another year of strong revenue, profit and EPS growth for 2025.
By segment, the update highlighted:
- Risk – underlying revenue growth +8% YTD, driven by AI‑enabled analytics for fraud, financial crime and insurance underwriting.
- Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM) – +5% YTD, supported by databases, tools and AI‑powered research solutions, with strong journal submissions.
- Legal – +9% YTD, powered by the success of Lexis+ AI and the new Protégé AI legal assistant, which is seeing rapid uptake across law‑firm and corporate customers.
- Exhibitions – +8% YTD, reflecting a structurally stronger events portfolio and ongoing digital initiatives.
Earlier in 2025, Reuters also reported that generative AI tools are a key driver of profit growth, with half‑year results showing a roughly 10% uplift in 2024 profit, and management signalling confidence that AI‑driven products will keep momentum strong into 2025 and beyond. [23]
In other words, today’s modest share price rebound comes against a backdrop of double‑digit profit growth, high‑teens returns and heavy reinvestment in AI, rather than any deterioration in the core business.
3. Recent product and segment news
Although not all of it is directly market‑moving, a steady drumbeat of product‑level updates also shapes the narrative around RELX’s Risk and STM segments.
Recent examples include:
- A LexisNexis Risk Solutions “U.S. Insurance Demand Meter” for Q3 2025, published 19 November 2025, which reported that U.S. auto‑insurance shopping remained “hot” through the quarter — a positive sign for RELX’s insurance‑data and analytics franchise. [24]
- Multiple 2025 PRs on home‑insurance trends, digital health intelligence and fraud analytics, reinforcing RELX’s positioning at the intersection of data, regulation and AI‑driven risk tools across the U.S. and Europe. [25]
For investors watching the share price day‑to‑day, these announcements matter less for immediate trading and more for the medium‑term growth story, especially as AI regulation and digital‑identity issues move higher up the policy agenda worldwide.
4. Analyst and investor sentiment: quality, but not cheap
Analyst and investor commentary in recent weeks has painted RELX as high‑quality but premium‑priced:
- JPMorgan recently reiterated an “overweight” rating on RELX and raised its legal‑segment growth expectations to around 10% per year, citing a larger total addressable market for agentic AI in legal workflows. [26]
- A Simply Wall St note argued that “getting in cheap on RELX is unlikely”, pointing out that many UK companies trade on P/E ratios below 16x, while RELX commands a much higher multiple thanks to its defensive earnings and structural growth profile. [27]
- Another Simply Wall St article highlighted that around 75% of RELX shares are held by institutions, underlining the stock’s popularity with large, long‑term investors — but also meaning that positioning shifts by big funds can magnify short‑term moves. [28]
On the downside, MarketBeat and other outlets have drawn attention to the stock’s recent technical weakness:
- On 12 November 2025, RELX was flagged as having hit a new 52‑week low near 3,011p, prompting debate over whether the pullback offered value or signalled a deeper re‑rating of quality growth stocks in the UK. [29]
- Yesterday, MarketWatch noted that RELX’s 19 November close at £30.16 left it more than 28% below its February 2025 high of £42.05 (4,205p), despite healthy earnings growth and ongoing buybacks. [30]
Today’s modest 0.4% bounce doesn’t fully answer that valuation debate, but it does suggest that some buyers are willing to step in around the 3,000p–3,050p area, particularly with the company itself providing a persistent bid via its buyback programme.
Fundamentals and valuation: how does RELX stack up?
Looking beyond today’s tick‑by‑tick moves, RELX’s share price rests on a solid fundamental base:
- Trailing twelve‑month revenue: c. £9.5bn
- TTM net income: c. £1.9bn
- Market cap: about £55bn
- Trailing P/E: ~29x
- Forward P/E: ~22x
- Dividend yield: ~2.1%, with a recent ex‑dividend date of 7 August 2025. [31]
By comparison:
- FTSE 100 data from earlier in 2025 show a trailing P/E of around 12.9x and forward P/E near 12.5x, implying that RELX trades at roughly double the index multiple. [32]
- Broader UK equity‑market estimates put the United Kingdom market P/E around 18–19x as of mid‑November, suggesting that RELX is also meaningfully more expensive than the wider UK universe. [33]
Put simply, the RELX share price today embeds expectations of continued mid‑single‑digit revenue growth, high margins and ongoing AI‑driven product innovation. The recent pullback and move toward the bottom of the 52‑week range reflects:
- A global rotation away from richly valued quality and AI‑exposed names, particularly in Europe; and
- Concerns that, even for a strong compounder like RELX, valuation matters when rates stay higher for longer.
However, the combination of resilient earnings, a large ongoing buyback and a structurally growing end‑market is why many institutional investors still treat RELX as a core long‑term holding rather than a short‑term trade.
What to watch next for the RELX share price
As of 20 November 2025, several factors are likely to remain in focus for traders and long‑term shareholders alike:
- Continuation and size of share buybacks
- Daily RNS notices have shown consistent repurchases in November, and the current non‑discretionary programme is due to run into late November. Any update on 2026 capital‑return plans in early‑2026 results could be a significant catalyst. [34]
- Macro and AI sentiment
- Today’s relief rally was partly a “Nvidia effect”, with global markets cheering strong AI‑chip earnings and the easing of bubble fears. If AI sentiment remains supportive, that should help RELX, which is increasingly seen as a picks‑and‑shovels provider of AI‑enabled data and analytics. [35]
- Next formal update from RELX
- With the 23 October trading update now fully digested, the next major scheduled communication will likely be the full‑year 2025 results in early 2026, based on RELX’s historical calendar of February results. [36] Investors will be watching for:
- Updated guidance on revenue and profit growth,
- The size and timing of any 2026 buyback authorisation, and
- Additional colour on the commercial performance of Lexis+ AI, Protégé and other AI‑powered tools. [37]
- With the 23 October trading update now fully digested, the next major scheduled communication will likely be the full‑year 2025 results in early 2026, based on RELX’s historical calendar of February results. [36] Investors will be watching for:
- Sector and UK market valuation shifts
- If UK equity valuations remain at a discount to global peers but keep re‑rating from historically low levels, highly rated names like RELX may face two‑sided pressure: support from global allocators looking for quality, but also scrutiny over whether a near‑30x P/E is sustainable in a higher‑rate world. [38]
Final word
As of 20 November 2025, RELX PLC’s UK share price is staging only a modest bounce from recent lows, closing around 3,030p after a bruising few weeks for quality growth stocks. The company continues to:
- Deliver solid mid‑ to high‑single‑digit underlying revenue growth,
- Lean heavily into AI‑enhanced analytics across risk, legal, STM and exhibitions, and
- Return substantial capital via buybacks, with over 39m shares repurchased in 2025 so far. [39]
For now, the market appears to be balancing that robust fundamental picture against a still‑demanding valuation, leaving RELX’s share price near the bottom of its one‑year range but well above its pre‑AI‑boom levels.
Important: This article is for information and news purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research or consult a regulated financial adviser before making investment decisions.
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