RELX (LON:REL) Is Increasing Its Dividend To £0.48

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Sun, February 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM GMT+9 2 min read

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RELX PLC’s (LON:REL) dividend will be increasing from last year’s payment of the same period to £0.48 on 18th of June. This will take the annual payment to 3.0% of the stock price, which is above what most companies in the industry pay.

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RELX’s Projected Earnings Seem Likely To Cover Future Distributions

We like to see robust dividend yields, but that doesn’t matter if the payment isn’t sustainable. The last dividend was quite easily covered by RELX’s earnings. This means that a large portion of its earnings are being retained to grow the business.

Looking forward, earnings per share is forecast to rise by 40.2% over the next year. If the dividend continues on this path, the payout ratio could be 45% by next year, which we think can be pretty sustainable going forward.

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RELX Has A Solid Track Record

The company has a sustained record of paying dividends with very little fluctuation. The annual payment during the last 10 years was £0.26 in 2016, and the most recent fiscal year payment was £0.675. This implies that the company grew its distributions at a yearly rate of about 10% over that duration. So, dividends have been growing pretty quickly, and even more impressively, they haven’t experienced any notable falls during this period.

The Dividend Looks Likely To Grow

The company’s investors will be pleased to have been receiving dividend income for some time. RELX has impressed us by growing EPS at 12% per year over the past five years. Shareholders are getting plenty of the earnings returned to them, which combined with strong growth makes this quite appealing.

We Really Like RELX’s Dividend

Overall, a dividend increase is always good, and we think that RELX is a strong income stock thanks to its track record and growing earnings. Distributions are quite easily covered by earnings, which are also being converted to cash flows. All in all, this checks a lot of the boxes we look for when choosing an income stock.

Companies possessing a stable dividend policy will likely enjoy greater investor interest than those suffering from a more inconsistent approach. However, there are other things to consider for investors when analysing stock performance. For example, we’ve picked out 1 warning sign for RELX that investors should know about before committing capital to this stock. Looking for more high-yielding dividend ideas? Try our collection of strong dividend payers.

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