N Luff Sells 61,662 Shares of Relx (LON:REL) Stock

Relx Plc (LON:REL) insider N Luff sold 61,662 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,257, for a total value of £1,391,711.34.

Relx Stock Performance

LON REL opened at GBX 2,194 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of £39.75 billion, a PE ratio of 21.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48. Relx Plc has a twelve month low of GBX 1,991 and a twelve month high of GBX 4,183. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,794.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3,170.70. The company has a current ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69.

Relx (LON:REL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported GBX 128.50 earnings per share for the quarter. Relx had a net margin of 20.34% and a return on equity of 56.71%. Equities analysts anticipate that Relx Plc will post 134.0035675 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on REL shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 5,070 price objective on shares of Relx in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup assumed coverage on Relx in a research note on Monday, January 12th. They set a “neutral” rating and a GBX 3,178 target price for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 4,222.50.

Relx Company Profile

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 33,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.