Relx (LON:REL) Posts Earnings Results

Relx (LON:REL - Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported GBX 120.10 ($1.51) earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Relx had a net margin of 20.34% and a return on equity of 56.71%.

Relx Stock Performance

Shares of Relx stock traded down GBX 27.66 ($0.35) on Monday, hitting GBX 4,045.34 ($50.89). The stock had a trading volume of 6,374,129 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,075,550. 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 has a 52-week low of GBX 3,218 ($40.48) and a 52-week high of GBX 4,205 ($52.90). The company's 50 day moving average price is GBX 3,833.37 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 3,678.41. The stock has a market cap of £74.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.38, a P/E/G ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an "overweight" rating and set a GBX 4,550 ($57.24) price target on shares of Relx in a report on Tuesday, January 7th.

About Relx

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.