Relx (RELX) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Relx's (RELX) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $2.2 billion in Q2 2026, up 2.56% year-over-year from $2.2 billion in Q2 2025, and up 1.29% quarter-over-quarter from $2.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Analysis

Relx (RELX) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Relx (RELX) has reported Retained Earnings for 11 consecutive years, with $2.2 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 2.56% year-over-year to $2.2 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $2.2 billion, a 2.56% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $2.2 billion, up 5.42% from the prior year.
Retained Earnings was $2.2 billion for Q2 2026 at Relx, up from $2.2 billion in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $2.2 billion in Q2 2026 and troughed at $1.8 billion in Q4 2022.
A 5-year average of $2.0 billion and a median of $2.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings slumped 88.08% in 2022 and increased 8.68% in 2023, its largest moves.
Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then rose by 8.68% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then climbed by 6.53% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then climbed by 6.35% to $2.2 billion in 2025, then climbed by 1.29% to $2.2 billion in 2026.
The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $2.2 billion (Q2 2026), $2.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.2 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

Peer Comparison

All peers

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1	Palantir Technologies	460.85 Bn	451.55 Bn	1.64 Bn	11.41 Bn
2	Oracle	437.09 Bn	400.44 Bn	-	-1.39 Bn
3	Sap Se	258.74 Bn	237.66 Bn	8.40 Bn	56.47 Bn
4	Salesforce	195.52 Bn	184.12 Bn	8.70 Bn	27.11 Bn
5	ServiceNow	145.61 Bn	140.94 Bn	2.82 Bn	6.01 Bn
6	Automatic Data Processing	104.89 Bn	100.66 Bn	2.51 Bn	26.97 Bn
7	Intuit	76.97 Bn	69.77 Bn	3.46 Bn	19.05 Bn
8	Relx	60.41 Bn	60.04 Bn	-	2.22 Bn
9	Strategy	57.09 Bn	54.64 Bn	81.55 Mn	-15.20 Bn
10	Workday	46.40 Bn	42.99 Bn	2.21 Bn	13.37 Bn

Historic Data

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Date	Value
Jun 30, 2026	2.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2025	2.19 Bn
Jun 30, 2025	2.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2024	2.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2024	2.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2023	1.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2023	1.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2022	1.78 Bn
Jun 30, 2022	1.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2021	2.01 Bn
Jun 30, 2021	15.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2020	1.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2020	15.79 Bn
Dec 31, 2019	1.86 Bn
Jun 30, 2019	15.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2018	1.82 Bn
Jun 30, 2018	15.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2017	4.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2016	3.73 Bn

API Access

Relx Retained Earnings API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

import requests

url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "RELX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}

data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()

const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();

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Relx (RELX) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)