REL PEER ANALYSIS

Relx PLC — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

RELRelx PLC

🇬🇧 UK · LSE · Industrials · Specialty Business Services

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Business Services

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

RELIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	REL	CASS	KODK	QUAD	TRNS	BKSY	Ind. Median
P/E	21.85	19.82	—	14.99●	124.12	—	26.38
P/B	19.07	2.87	1.08●	3.24	2.72	11.39	3.22
EV/EBITDA	14.19	12.26	—	5.70●	23.17	—	13.16
P/S	4.70	3.45	0.67	0.17●	2.46	9.41	2.60

Financial Health
Metric	REL	CASS	KODK	QUAD	TRNS	BKSY	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.49	0.22	2.53	0.94	2.33	3.46●	1.16
Debt/Equity	310.0%	60.0%	29.5%	397.6%	42.9%	20.7%●	58.8%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.95	-2.05●	3.48	3.12	3.05	2.56	1.95

Profitability
Metric	REL	CASS	KODK	QUAD	TRNS	BKSY	Ind. Median
Net Margin	21.5%●	17.4%	-12.6%	1.2%	2.0%	-89.1%	4.6%
ROE	70.6%●	14.7%	-18.8%	25.6%	2.2%	-102.7%	8.5%
ROA	13.8%●	1.4%	-7.8%	2.2%	1.5%	-26.5%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	38.4%●	24.1%	-2.7%	6.7%	12.2%	-39.4%	18.9%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	REL	CASS	KODK	QUAD	TRNS	BKSY	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.7%	-3.1%	4.4%	-10.4%	19.0%●	-8.9%	3.4%
NI Growth	6.8%	66.7%●	—	—	-57.4%	—	4.3%
Div. Yield	2.9%	2.4%	0.5%	3.8%●	—	—	1.4%
Payout	57.2%	47.1%	-2.9%	59.9%	—	—	38.6%

Valuation
Metric	REL	RTO	ITRK	Ind. Median
P/E	21.85●	81.33	26.54	26.38
P/B	19.07	3.74●	8.42	3.22
EV/EBITDA	14.19	18.75	13.41●	13.16
P/S	4.70	2.98	2.66●	2.60

Financial Health
Metric	REL	RTO	ITRK	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.49	1.16●	1.08	1.16
Debt/Equity	310.0%	111.5%●	152.2%	58.8%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.95	2.93	1.69●	1.95

Profitability
Metric	REL	RTO	ITRK	Ind. Median
Net Margin	21.5%●	3.7%	10.0%	4.6%
ROE	70.6%●	4.5%	27.6%	8.5%
ROA	13.8%●	1.8%	9.3%	2.9%
EBITDA Margin	38.4%●	18.9%	22.7%	18.9%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	REL	RTO	ITRK	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.7%●	-5.7%	1.1%	3.4%
NI Growth	6.8%●	-38.7%	-0.6%	4.3%
Div. Yield	2.9%●	2.8%	2.8%	1.4%
Payout	57.2%	92.1%	73.4%	38.6%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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