Is RELX halal?
RELX PLC PLC
Halal
RELX PLC PLC passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
39.06
Day
+1.67%
Market cap
$66.71B
Industry
Specialty Business Services
Sector
Industrials
What the company does
RELX (UK) provides professional information and analytics: scientific publishing (Elsevier, ScienceDirect), legal databases (LexisNexis), risk/identity data (LexisNexis Risk) and exhibitions. Its money comes from subscriptions and data services.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $11.81B ÷ 36-month average market cap $80.53B = 14.7%
14.7%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $291.83M ÷ 36-month average market cap $80.53B = 0.4%
0.4%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $15.92M ÷ annual revenue $12.72B (2025) = 0.1%
0.1%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $66.71B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.10% · #131 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPWO 0.31%
- Dividend
- 1.88% · purify 0.1% · net 1.87%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 2 superinvestors · Average reported price: $31.67
- Sarah KettererCauseway Capital Management$55.8M0.6%
- First Eagle Investment Management$65.9M0.1%
Exited this quarter: AKO Capital
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