RELX Dividend yield

RELX is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. RELX is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

RELX stock dividend

RELX paid a total dividend of 1,065 million GBP last year, for a market value of 49,034 millions (Market Cap 48,847 millions). RELX dividend per share is 0.56 GBP, and his stock market price 25.78 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, RELX has a dividend yield of 2.17%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare RELX stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the best UK dividend stocks list.

RELX Dividend Payout

About the ability of RELX to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.56 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.17%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). RELX payout on ernings is currently 45.90%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that RELX can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of RELX is GBP 1.28 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.56, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of RELX, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

RELX Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of RELX's dividend stock, both in percentage and in GBP, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.17%	0.56	45.90%	1,902
2022	2.24%	0.51	47.66%	1,927
2021	1.99%	0.48	50.53%	1,933
2020	2.55%	0.46	43.40%	1,931
2019	2.27%	0.43	43.43%	1,953
2018	2.48%	0.40	68.97%	1,987
2017	2.15%	0.37	46.84%	1,073
2016	2.37%	0.33	24.81%	1,096
2015	2.20%	0.26	59.09%	1,119

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of RELX dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Media stocks.

RELX Stock performance

Finally, last moth RELX showed a return of -1.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 14.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Media firms.