RELX announces strong performance for 2025 and increases stock buyback program

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RELX PLC announces 2025 financial results, with core revenue increasing by 7% to £9.59 billion and adjusted earnings per share rising by 10%. The company plans to repurchase £2.25 billion worth of stock in 2026, with dividends increasing by 7%. All business segments showed growth, and the outlook for 2026 performance remains optimistic.

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2026-02-12 11:17:55

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Investing.com - Relx PLC (LON:REL) announced strong full-year financial results for 2025 on Thursday, with core revenue increasing 7% to £9.59 billion, in line with analyst expectations, and adjusted earnings per share rising 10% to 128.5 pence at constant currency, also in line with expectations.

The global information analysis and decision tools provider’s adjusted operating profit grew 9% on a basic basis to £3.34 billion, with operating profit margin increasing from 33.9% last year to 34.8%.

Following the announcement, RELX’s stock price rose 1.4%, with investors reacting positively to the results and the increased share buyback plan.

In a significant boost to capital returns, RELX announced plans to invest £2.25 billion in share repurchases in 2026, up from £1.5 billion in 2025 and exceeding analyst expectations of £1.75 billion. The company also proposed a full-year dividend of 67.5 pence per share, a 7% increase from the previous year.

CEO Erik Engstrom stated, “RELX achieved strong core revenue and profit growth in 2025, along with robust new sales. Our continuously improving long-term growth trajectory continues to be driven by the shift in our business portfolio toward higher-growth analysis and decision tools that deliver enhanced value to our customers.”

The company reported varying performances across its business segments, with the risk division growing 8%, science, technology, and medical growing 5%, legal growing 9%, and exhibitions growing 8%. Management emphasized that ongoing process innovations have helped keep cost growth below revenue growth, thereby improving profit margins.

Looking ahead to 2026, RELX expressed confidence in its outlook, stating that it expects “core revenue and adjusted operating profit to once again deliver strong fundamental growth, with adjusted earnings per share at constant currency also expected to grow strongly.”

In 2025, the company completed five acquisitions totaling £270 million and maintained strict financial discipline, with net debt to EBITDA ratio at 2.0x and an adjusted cash flow conversion rate of 99%.

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