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RELX plc ( (GB:REL) ) has provided an announcement.
RELX reported a strong start to 2026 across all four of its business areas, underpinned by robust underlying revenue and profit growth and solid new sales. Management highlighted that its long-term growth trajectory is being driven by an ongoing shift in the business mix toward higher growth analytics and AI-enabled decision tools that combine proprietary content and data with advanced technologies.
In its Risk division, growth is being led by demand for financial crime compliance and digital fraud and identity solutions, while the Insurance segment benefits from wider use of contributory databases and tailored products. The company expects continued strong underlying revenue gains in Risk, with adjusted operating profit growing faster than revenue for the full year.
The Scientific, Technical & Medical unit is seeing improving growth as it pivots further into higher value analytics and tools, launches new products at a faster pace, and capitalises on strong article submission trends in primary research. RELX anticipates good to strong underlying revenue growth in this segment in 2026, again with adjusted operating profit increasing ahead of revenue.
In Legal, strong revenue growth is driven by a business mix tilted toward analytics and tools and by robust renewals and new sales across key customer groups. Double-digit expansion in law firm and corporate markets continues, fuelled by adoption of its AI-enabled Lexis+ platform with the Protégé agentic legal assistant, and the division is also expected to deliver profit growth above revenue.
The Exhibitions business continues to post strong underlying revenue growth, supported by an improved structural growth profile for its events portfolio and progress with value-enhancing digital initiatives. Despite some event rescheduling in the Middle East, RELX still forecasts strong revenue growth and an improved adjusted operating margin for Exhibitions in 2026, contributing to another year of strong earnings progress at the group level.
The most recent analyst rating on (GB:REL) stock is a Buy with a £3800.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on RELX plc stock, see the GB:REL Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on REL Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, REL is a Outperform.
The score is driven primarily by strong financial performance (high margins and robust free cash flow) and constructive earnings-call guidance with significant capital returns. These positives are tempered by weak technicals (broad downtrend and negative momentum) and the balance-sheet leverage risk, while valuation remains supportive.
To see Spark’s full report on REL stock, click here.
More about RELX plc
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools, serving professional and business customers across sectors including risk, scientific, technical and medical research, legal services and exhibitions. The group focuses on high-value, data-driven solutions that increasingly integrate advanced artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency for its clients.
Average Trading Volume: 10,169,516
Technical Sentiment Signal: Hold
Current Market Cap: £49.49B
Learn more about REL stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.