NEXN vs RELX vs GOOGL Stock Comparison

Nexxen International, Relx and Alphabet Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RELX Relx Plc
$39.13 +17.7% 1M -12.4% 1Y
Market cap
$71.18B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
2.33%
Analytics and BI Technology
1 win
GOOGL Alphabet Inc.
$283.82 -16.7% 1M +3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.45T
P/E
14.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$471.10B
Div. yield
0.30%
Digital Advertising Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Alphabet leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Alphabet 4, Nexxen International 4, Relx 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNEXNRELXGOOGLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $499.24M $71.18B $3.45T GOOGL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.1x — 14.7x NEXN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.9x 21.6x 13.5x NEXN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.0% — +22.2% GOOGL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 950.3% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.33% 0.30% RELX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.6% -12.4% +3.4% NEXN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.1%/yr +4.6%/yr +13.9%/yr GOOGL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.0% 35.2% 34.1% GOOGL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 73/100 — 55/100 NEXN

Percentile Scorecard

NEXNRELXGOOGL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNEXNRELXGOOGL
Valuation 90 #17 of 166 – 36 #107 of 166
Growth 36 #99 of 153 – 82 #29 of 153
Profitability 81 #30 of 153 – 61 #61 of 153
Financial Health 58 #76 of 179 18 #89 of 108 78 #40 of 179
Shareholder Returns 100 #1 of 91 45 #35 of 63 20 #73 of 91
Overall 73 – 55
  • NEXN ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • RELX ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • GOOGL ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNEXNRELXGOOGLSPY
1 month -0.7%+17.7%-16.7% +0.7%
3 months -15.4%+6.9%-14.9% +3.7%
6 months +20.8%+6.9%-26.2% +7.1%
Year to date +35.6%-3.2%-9.3% +12.8%
1 year +7.6%-12.4%+3.4% +11.9%
3 years +172.9%+12.5%+128.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +39.8%+4.0%+31.6% +22.8%
5 years -53.2%+25.5%+91.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year -14.1%+4.6%+13.9% +10.9%
10 years —+115.2%+592.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+8.0%+21.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNEXNRELXGOOGLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.0%35.2%34.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 51.8%35.9%34.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.730.191.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.17-0.350.10 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.5%-50.2%-44.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.0%-12.4%-29.5% -1.2%
52-week high $10.95$44.69$402.62 $779.14
52-week low $5.70$27.73$273.50 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNEXNRELXGOOGL
P/E now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 16.7x —median 28.0x 14.7xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.4x —median 2.8x 7.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 12.7x —median 16.9x —median 12.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 10.5x —median 15.9x 77.8xmedian 10.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.7x 42.8xmedian 3.2x 5.1xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.00median 0.39 —median 0.89 0.26median 0.39

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNEXNRELXGOOGL
Revenue $382.86M – $471.10B
Gross profit $315.91M – –
Operating income $19.59M – $156.98B
Net income $13.07M – $235.69B
Free cash flow $115.13M – –
R&D $60.09M – $74.46B
EPS (diluted) $59.59 – $19.12
Cash & equivalents $132.04M $291.59M $56.33B
Total debt – $3.11B –
Shares (diluted) 61.06M 1.84B 12.31B
Enterprise value -$157.41M $70.30B $3.13T

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNEXNRELXGOOGL
P/E 0.1x – 14.7x
P/FCF 4.3x – 77.8x
P/Operating cash flow 4.4x – 19.2x
P/S 1.3x – 7.3x
P/B 1.0x 42.8x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 3.0x -28.9x 5.2x
EV/EBITDA 3.7x – –
EV/EBIT 16.4x – –
EV/Revenue 0.8x – 6.8x
EV/FCF 2.8x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 2.8x – 17.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.00 – 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNEXNRELXGOOGL
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.0% – 22.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.6% – 16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.5% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.1% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -63.2% – 26.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.1% – 25.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -73.7% – 89.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.8% – 52.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -51.9% – 87.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 38.6% – 57.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.7% – 18.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 41.0% – 19.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.2% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 48.1% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNEXNRELXGOOGL
Gross margin 82.5% – –
EBITDA margin 22.5% – –
Operating margin 5.1% – –
Pretax margin 2.2% – –
Net margin 950.3% – –
FCF margin 30.1% – –
Operating cash flow margin 29.7% – 38.1%
Return on equity 2.8% – 35.8%
Return on assets 1.7% – 24.5%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed 4.1% – –
Asset turnover 0.5x – 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 8.7x – 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 4.9% – 6.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNEXNRELXGOOGL
Debt / assets – 15.6% –
Debt / equity – 1.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 39.5% 91.7% 32.5%
Equity / assets 60.5% 8.3% 67.5%
Interest coverage 8.5x – –
Current ratio 1.3x – 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.4x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.0x 2.0x
Altman Z-score 1.99 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNEXNRELXGOOGL
Dividend yield – 2.3% 0.3%
Net buyback yield 33.4% – –
Shareholder yield 33.4% 2.3% 0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNEXNRELXGOOGL
Forward P/E 8.9xFY2026 21.6xFY2026 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.00FY2026 $1.81FY2026 $21.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +2.0%FY2026 +3.4%FY2026 +95.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.0% +19.9% -31.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $373.87MFY2026 $13.79BFY2026 $528.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.9%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026 +31.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1% +0.4% +21.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNEXNRELXGOOGL
Held by institutions 62.6% 4.7% 80.1%
Institutions holding 126 440 5,742
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.7% +0.2% +4.6%
Institutions buying 79 221 2,657
Institutions selling 30 157 2,574
Buyers to sellers 2.63 1.41 1.03

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NEXNRELXGOOGL
NEXN 1.00 0.24 0.09
RELX 0.24 1.00 0.16
GOOGL 0.09 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NEXN, RELX and GOOGL?

Alphabet (GOOGL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nexxen International (NEXN) $499.24M, Relx (RELX) $71.18B, Alphabet (GOOGL) $3.45T.

Which stock is cheaper, NEXN, RELX and GOOGL?

Nexxen International (NEXN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nexxen International (NEXN) 0.1x, Alphabet (GOOGL) 14.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nexxen International (NEXN) is cheapest (Nexxen International (NEXN) 8.9x, Relx (RELX) 21.6x, Alphabet (GOOGL) 13.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Alphabet (GOOGL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nexxen International (NEXN) +3.0%, Alphabet (GOOGL) +22.2%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nexxen International (NEXN) returned the most: Nexxen International (NEXN) +7.6%, Relx (RELX) -12.4%, Alphabet (GOOGL) +3.4%. Over five years, Alphabet (GOOGL) compounded fastest (Nexxen International (NEXN) -14.1%/yr, Relx (RELX) +4.6%/yr, Alphabet (GOOGL) +13.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Relx (RELX) has the highest dividend yield: Relx (RELX) 2.33%, Alphabet (GOOGL) 0.30%. Nexxen International (NEXN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alphabet (GOOGL) has been the steadiest (Nexxen International (NEXN) 45.0%, Relx (RELX) 35.2%, Alphabet (GOOGL) 34.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NEXN, RELX and GOOGL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Alphabet (GOOGL) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.