Relx (RELX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2023 - 2025)
Relx's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 131.09% for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 18.34 percentage points from 112.75% a year earlier.
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Relx (RELX) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2023 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Relx's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 34.18%, up 3.21 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has increased in each of the last five years, with a five-year change of +18.53 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 30.97% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+3.49 pp), 27.48% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+5.95 pp), 21.53% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+0.23 pp) and 21.31% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+5.66 pp).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 28.02% |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 9.81% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 33.74% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 10.68% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 10.59% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.62% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 21.09% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -68.70% |
| 10 | Workday | 44.89 Bn | 21.02 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 9.56% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 131.09% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 112.75% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 104.08% |
API Access
Relx Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();