Relx (RELX) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2024 - 2025)
Relx's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 278.22% for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 61.11 percentage points from 217.11% a year earlier.
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Relx (RELX) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2024 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Relx's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 68.15%, up 9.61 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last three years, with a five-year change of +26.09 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 58.54% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+3.21 pp), 55.33% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+15.32 pp), 40.00% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-16.18 pp) and 56.18% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+14.12 pp).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 450.50 Bn | 419.56 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 401.01 Bn | 273.57 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 257.03 Bn | 178.11 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 32.24% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 187.04 Bn | 142.92 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 135.91 Bn | 114.37 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.14 Bn | 86.27 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.53% |
| 7 | Intuit | 72.30 Bn | 51.65 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.17 Bn | 57.14 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 55.31 Bn | 48.30 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -73.94% |
| 10 | Workday | 45.49 Bn | 21.61 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 9.82% |
API Access
Relx Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();