Dividends

RELRELX plc

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−2.2% today · −9.0% over a year

5/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 42% of the instruments we score

Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 26.6). Dividend yield 2.28%.

RELX plc (REL) dividends: trailing yield 2.28%, Dividend Safety 84/100, not lowered for 24 years, 5-year growth 7.6% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
2.28%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.77%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
£0.689
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
84 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.28% → 2.22%
Forward
2.77% → 2.70%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United Kingdom)
0.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
97.35%
  • Source country assumed: United Kingdom (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.11%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+7.6%
Years without a lower dividend
24
Years without a cut of over 10 %
24
Payout ratio (earnings)
62%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
42%

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2017 £0.374, 2018 £0.401, 2019 £0.433, 2020 £0.457, 2021 £0.477, 2022 £0.512, 2023 £0.559, 2024 £0.60, 2025 £0.6432017: £0.3742018: £0.4012019: £0.4332020: £0.4572021: £0.4772022: £0.5122023: £0.5592024: £0.602025: £0.643

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
06 Aug 2026—£0.209RegularSingle source2
07 May 2026—£0.48RegularSingle source2
07 Aug 2025—£0.195RegularSingle source2
08 May 2025—£0.448RegularSingle source2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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Same sector and region, closest in dividend yield.

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