Relx Plc (LON:REL) Insider Erik Engstrom Sells 128,798 Shares

Relx Plc (LON:REL - Get Free Report) insider Erik Engstrom sold 128,798 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,073 ($51.25), for a total transaction of £5,245,942.54 ($6,601,160.87).

Erik Engstrom also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, February 18th, Erik Engstrom sold 7,521 shares of Relx stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 4,060 ($51.09), for a total value of £305,352.60 ($384,236.32).

Relx Price Performance

REL stock traded down GBX 12 ($0.15) during midday trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 3,984 ($50.13). The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,786,492 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,062,786. Relx Plc has a 12 month low of GBX 3,218 ($40.49) and a 12 month high of GBX 4,205 ($52.91). The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 3,852.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 3,688.47. The company has a quick ratio of 0.45, a current ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69. The firm has a market capitalization of £73.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48.

Relx (LON:REL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported GBX 120.10 ($1.51) earnings per share for the quarter. Relx had a return on equity of 56.71% and a net margin of 20.34%. On average, analysts expect that Relx Plc will post 134.0035675 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a GBX 4,770 ($60.02) price objective on shares of Relx in a research note on Tuesday.

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.