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

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

Relx Stock Performance

Shares of LON REL opened at GBX 2,225 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,810.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 3,177.58. Relx Plc has a 52-week low of GBX 1,991 and a 52-week high of GBX 4,183. The company has a market cap of £40.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 216.69, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a current ratio of 0.48.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup started coverage on shares of Relx in a report on Monday, January 12th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a GBX 3,178 target price for the company. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Relx in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 5,070 target price on shares of Relx in a report on Friday, January 16th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 4,222.50.

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.