RELX vs TRI vs SMWB Stock Comparison

Relx, Thomson Reuters and Similarweb Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RELX Relx Plc
$38.99 +16.4% 1M -16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$70.93B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
2.33%
Analytics and BI Technology
4 wins
TRI Thomson Reuters Corp /Can/
$116.41 +17.6% 1M -28.3% 1Y
Market cap
$51.80B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.83B
Div. yield
3.45%
Compliance Software Technology
3 wins
SMWB Similarweb Ltd.
$9.01 +18.1% 1M -0.7% 1Y
Market cap
$783.53M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$295.61M
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Relx leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Relx 4, Thomson Reuters 3, Similarweb 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRELXTRISMWBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $70.93B $51.80B $783.53M RELX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 32.2x -35.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.5x 26.0x 41.0x RELX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +7.0% +10.2% SMWB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 20.7% -7.4% TRI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.33% 3.45% — TRI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.4% -28.3% -0.7% SMWB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.6%/yr -1.2%/yr -14.2%/yr RELX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.3% 51.8% 81.1% RELX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 57/100 36/100 TRI

Percentile Scorecard

RELXTRISMWB

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

AxisRELXTRISMWB
Valuation – 51 #50 of 101 30 #71 of 101
Growth – 29 #69 of 97 63 #37 of 97
Profitability – 99 #2 of 94 42 #55 of 94
Financial Health 18 #89 of 108 65 #38 of 108 22 #84 of 108
Shareholder Returns 52 #31 of 64 38 #40 of 64 22 #50 of 64
Overall – 57 36
  • RELX ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • TRI ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • SMWB ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRELXTRISMWBSPY
1 month +16.4%+17.6%+18.1% -0.2%
3 months +3.3%+12.7%+25.5% +3.9%
6 months +8.3%+29.5%+233.7% +8.2%
Year to date -3.5%-11.7%+20.3% +12.9%
1 year -16.4%-28.3%-0.7% +12.3%
3 years +14.4%-1.2%+77.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +4.6%-0.4%+21.0% +23.3%
5 years +25.2%-5.7%-53.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year +4.6%-1.2%-14.2% +10.9%
10 years +116.5%+183.3%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +8.0%+11.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureRELXTRISMWBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.3%51.8%81.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.1%52.4%89.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.190.161.79 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.46-0.55-0.01 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.2%-64.3%-88.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.4%-28.3%-2.8% -1.2%
52-week high $46.64$162.38$9.27 $779.14
52-week low $27.73$76.55$2.33 $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.

MultipleRELXTRISMWB
P/E now vs peer median —median 28.3x 32.2xmedian 28.3x -35.1xmedian 28.3x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.8x 6.6xmedian 2.8x 2.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.3x 25.8xmedian 17.3x -308.7xmedian 17.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.8x 16.2xmedian 15.8x 50.7xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 42.6xmedian 3.2x 4.7xmedian 3.2x 34.4xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.85 3.11median 0.85 -1.16median 0.85

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 monthsRELXTRISMWB
Revenue – $7.83B $295.61M
Gross profit – – $235.99M
Operating income – $2.33B -$11.06M
Net income – $1.68B -$21.78M
Free cash flow – $3.19B $15.44M
R&D – – $73.83M
EPS (diluted) – $3.61 $-0.26
Cash & equivalents $291.59M $577.00M $73.90M
Total debt $3.11B $3.26B –
Shares (diluted) 1.84B 449.53M 84.82M
Enterprise value $70.04B $48.58B $506.48M

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
MetricRELXTRISMWB
P/E – 32.2x -35.1x
P/FCF – 16.2x 50.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.9x 55.3x
P/S – 6.6x 2.7x
P/B 42.6x 4.7x 34.4x
P/Tangible book -28.8x 6.4x 34.4x
EV/EBITDA – 25.8x -308.7x
EV/EBIT – 23.3x -64.1x
EV/Revenue – 6.9x 2.4x
EV/FCF – 17.1x 46.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.8x 50.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 3.11 -1.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRELXTRISMWB
Revenue growth (1Y) – 7.0% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.2% 12.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 12.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 14.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 9.1% 50.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -0.5% 42.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 4.7% 25.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -6.8% 27.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 8.4% 28.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 10.4% 30.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 14.5% -30.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.1% 33.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.0% -29.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.0% 33.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRELXTRISMWB
Gross margin – – 79.8%
EBITDA margin – 26.9% -0.8%
Operating margin – 29.7% -3.7%
Pretax margin – 46.5% -5.9%
Net margin – 20.7% -7.4%
FCF margin – 40.7% 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 36.9% 4.8%
Return on equity – – -108.3%
Return on assets – – -8.8%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – – -19.5%
Asset turnover – – 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.7x -0.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – 6.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRELXTRISMWB
Debt / assets 15.6% 18.0% –
Debt / equity 1.9x 0.3x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.2x –
Debt / FCF – 1.0x –
Liabilities / assets 91.7% 38.5% 91.9%
Equity / assets 8.3% 61.5% 8.1%
Interest coverage – 116.5x –
Current ratio – 0.5x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.4x -2.5x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 5.88 0.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRELXTRISMWB
Dividend yield 2.3% 3.4% –
Net buyback yield – -2.2% -0.3%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 1.2% -0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 30.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 16.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -10.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -8.5% –

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.

ConsensusRELXTRISMWB
Forward P/E 21.5xFY2026 26.0xFY2026 41.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.81FY2026 $4.47FY2026 $0.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.4%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026 +266.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.9% +8.1% +36.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.79BFY2026 $7.73BFY2026 $332.14MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.4%FY2026 +3.8%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4% +15.5% +0.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRELXTRISMWB
Held by institutions 4.7% 90.1% 45.9%
Institutions holding 439 421 68
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.2% +0.6% -7.8%
Institutions buying 220 408 36
Institutions selling 157 9 18
Buyers to sellers 1.40 45.33 2.00

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.

RELXTRISMWB
RELX 1.00 0.69 0.25
TRI 0.69 1.00 0.26
SMWB 0.25 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RELX, TRI and SMWB?

Relx (RELX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Relx (RELX) $70.93B, Thomson Reuters (TRI) $51.80B, Similarweb (SMWB) $783.53M.

Which company is growing faster?

Similarweb (SMWB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Thomson Reuters (TRI) +7.0%, Similarweb (SMWB) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Thomson Reuters (TRI) has the highest net margin (Thomson Reuters (TRI) 20.7%, Similarweb (SMWB) -7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Similarweb (SMWB) returned the most: Relx (RELX) -16.4%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) -28.3%, Similarweb (SMWB) -0.7%. Over five years, Relx (RELX) compounded fastest (Relx (RELX) +4.6%/yr, Thomson Reuters (TRI) -1.2%/yr, Similarweb (SMWB) -14.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Thomson Reuters (TRI) has the highest dividend yield: Relx (RELX) 2.33%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) 3.45%. Similarweb (SMWB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Relx (RELX) has been the steadiest (Relx (RELX) 35.3%, Thomson Reuters (TRI) 51.8%, Similarweb (SMWB) 81.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, RELX, TRI and SMWB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Relx (RELX) 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.