Relx PLC ADR (RELX) financial statements

Industrials · Specialty Business Services · Market cap $67.1B

Relx PLC ADR reported revenue of 9.6B GBP in fiscal 2025, up 3.7% a year over 9 years.

Net income was 2.1B GBP and the operating margin 31.6%, against 24.8% in 2016.

Free cash flow was 2.8B GBP, and the company returned 1.2B GBP in dividends.

The diluted share count fell 11% over the period (buybacks).

Revenue and free cash flow

Fiscal years, $ billions (GBP).

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Income statement

Fiscal years, in GBP, from Relx PLC ADR's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Revenue6.9B GBP7.3B GBP7.5B GBP7.9B GBP7.1B GBP7.2B GBP8.6B GBP9.2B GBP9.4B GBP9.6B GBP
Cost of revenue2.5B GBP2.6B GBP2.6B GBP2.8B GBP2.5B GBP2.6B GBP3.0B GBP3.2B GBP3.3B GBP3.2B GBP
Gross profit4.4B GBP4.7B GBP4.8B GBP5.1B GBP4.6B GBP4.7B GBP5.5B GBP5.9B GBP6.1B GBP6.4B GBP
Selling, general and admin1.6B GBP1.7B GBP1.7B GBP1.8B GBP1.9B GBP1.6B GBP1.8B GBP1.9B GBP1.8B GBP1.9B GBP
Operating income1.7B GBP1.9B GBP2.0B GBP2.1B GBP1.5B GBP1.9B GBP2.3B GBP2.7B GBP2.9B GBP3.0B GBP
Interest expense223M GBP205M GBP217M GBP314M GBP175M GBP150M GBP205M GBP323M GBP304M GBP298M GBP
Pre-tax income1.5B GBP1.7B GBP1.7B GBP1.8B GBP1.5B GBP1.8B GBP2.1B GBP2.3B GBP2.6B GBP2.8B GBP
Income tax301M GBP65M GBP292M GBP338M GBP275M GBP326M GBP481M GBP507M GBP613M GBP672M GBP
Net income1.1B GBP1.6B GBP1.4B GBP1.5B GBP1.2B GBP1.5B GBP1.6B GBP1.8B GBP1.9B GBP2.1B GBP
EPS (diluted)0.55 GBP0.81 GBP0.71 GBP0.77 GBP0.63 GBP0.76 GBP0.85 GBP0.94 GBP1.03 GBP1.12 GBP
Diluted shares2.08B2.04B1.99B1.96B1.94B1.94B1.93B1.90B1.88B1.84B
Gross margin63.9%64.2%64.7%65.0%65.0%64.6%64.4%64.9%65.0%66.3%
Operating margin24.8%26.0%26.2%26.7%21.4%26.0%27.2%29.3%30.3%31.6%
Net margin16.7%22.4%19.0%19.1%17.2%20.3%19.1%19.4%20.5%21.5%

Balance sheet

Fiscal years, in GBP, from Relx PLC ADR's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Cash and short-term investments162M GBP111M GBP114M GBP138M GBP88M GBP113M GBP334M GBP155M GBP119M GBP131M GBP
Receivables2.0B GBP1.9B GBP2.0B GBP2.1B GBP1.9B GBP2.0B GBP2.4B GBP2.3B GBP2.5B GBP2.5B GBP
Total current assets2.4B GBP2.2B GBP2.4B GBP2.4B GBP2.3B GBP2.4B GBP3.1B GBP2.9B GBP3.0B GBP3.0B GBP
Property, plant and equipment223M GBP194M GBP198M GBP162M GBP162M GBP131M GBP126M GBP99M GBP82M GBP72M GBP
Goodwill6.4B GBP6.0B GBP6.9B GBP6.8B GBP7.2B GBP7.4B GBP8.4B GBP8.0B GBP8.2B GBP7.9B GBP
Total assets13.7B GBP12.6B GBP14.0B GBP13.8B GBP14.1B GBP13.9B GBP15.8B GBP14.9B GBP15.1B GBP14.8B GBP
Total current liabilities5.3B GBP4.5B GBP——4.4B GBP3.7B GBP5.2B GBP5.5B GBP5.7B GBP6.0B GBP
Long-term debt4.1B GBP4.5B GBP5.0B GBP4.4B GBP6.3B GBP—————
Total liabilities11.4B GBP10.3B GBP11.6B GBP11.6B GBP12.0B GBP10.6B GBP12.1B GBP11.5B GBP11.6B GBP12.4B GBP
Shareholders' equity2.3B GBP2.3B GBP2.3B GBP2.2B GBP2.1B GBP3.2B GBP3.8B GBP3.5B GBP3.5B GBP2.4B GBP
Net debt4.4B GBP4.8B GBP5.5B GBP5.0B GBP6.5B GBP18M GBP-334M GBP-155M GBP-119M GBP-131M GBP

Cash flow

Fiscal years, in GBP, from Relx PLC ADR's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Operating cash flow1.7B GBP1.9B GBP2.0B GBP2.1B GBP1.6B GBP2.0B GBP2.4B GBP2.5B GBP2.6B GBP2.8B GBP
Capital spending333M GBP354M GBP56M GBP47M GBP43M GBP28M GBP36M GBP30M GBP20M GBP21M GBP
Free cash flow1.4B GBP1.6B GBP1.9B GBP2.0B GBP1.6B GBP2.0B GBP2.4B GBP2.4B GBP2.6B GBP2.8B GBP
Stock-based compensation————25M GBP45M GBP46M GBP56M GBP66M GBP63M GBP
Dividends paid692M GBP772M GBP804M GBP851M GBP886M GBP930M GBP992M GBP1.1B GBP1.1B GBP1.2B GBP
Share buybacks (net)-700M GBP-700M GBP-700M GBP-600M GBP-150M GBP-1M GBP————
Net borrowing129M GBP161M GBP747M GBP112M GBP1.1B GBP-431M GBP362M GBP-196M GBP-306M GBP504M GBP
Free cash flow margin20.4%21.3%25.7%25.9%21.8%27.4%27.7%26.5%27.4%29.4%
Dividends per share0.33 GBP0.38 GBP0.40 GBP0.44 GBP0.46 GBP0.48 GBP0.51 GBP0.56 GBP0.60 GBP0.65 GBP
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Questions

What was Relx PLC ADR's revenue in 2025?

9.6B GBP in fiscal 2025, from its 10-K filing.

How much free cash flow does Relx PLC ADR generate?

2.8B GBP in fiscal 2025 (operating cash flow minus capital spending).

From Relx PLC ADR's annual reports filed with the SEC (XBRL data), standardised by Investingly. Information only, not investment advice.