RELX: The £66bn superhero share you've never heard of

RELX: The £66bn superhero share you've never heard of RELX is Britain’s sixth largest stock market-listed company, By Patrick Tooher Updated: 17:00 EDT, 13 July 2024 e-mail View comments It is probably the biggest British company you have never heard of. But, far from being sheepish about not being a household name, RELX and its bosses revel in their anonymity. And with a stock market value of £66billion, this firm is one of the true unsung heroes of the FTSE 100.

RELX is Britain’s sixth largest stock market-listed company, employing 6,000 people in the UK. Anonymity: RELX is Britain’s sixth largest stock market-listed company Now a data and analytics company, it has a heritage stretching back to the Kent paper mills of the late 19th Century. It has achieved consistently good results thanks to a straightforward formula: grow slowly but surely; move with the times; control costs; don’t do deals for the sake of it; and adopt the latest technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Investor fury as lacklustre Burberry slumps Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP RELX share price and data available here In doing so, this low-key British success has even outperformed the Nasdaq, the US technology stock index. For readers still scratching their head.