RELX, the global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools, has reaffirmed its full-year outlook, signaling confidence in continued strong underlying revenue and profit growth for 2026. The company reported a robust start to the year across all four of its business segments – Risk, Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM), Legal, and Exhibitions – highlighting strong underlying revenue and profit growth, as well as robust new sales.

This positive momentum is attributed to RELX's strategic shift towards higher-growth analytics and decision tools that deliver enhanced value to customers. The company is leveraging deep customer understanding to combine its unique content and comprehensive data sets with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to develop and launch products at a faster pace. This evolution has been a key driver of the company's business for over a decade and is expected to remain a significant contributor to customer value and growth.

In the Risk division, strong underlying revenue growth is being driven by deeply embedded, AI-enabled analytics and decision tools. Business Services within this segment benefits from strong demand for Financial Crime Compliance and digital Fraud & Identity solutions, while Insurance performance is supported by innovation in contributory databases and market-specific offerings. The company anticipates adjusted operating profit growth in the Risk division to exceed revenue growth for the full year.

The Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM) segment is experiencing improving revenue growth, underpinned by a shift towards higher-value analytics and tools, an accelerated pace of new product introductions, and strong new sales. Primary Research within STM is seeing significant growth, with article submissions increasing across the portfolio. RELX expects good to strong revenue growth in this division, with profit growth outpacing revenue.

The Legal segment continues to show strong underlying revenue growth, driven by the demand for higher-value legal analytics and tools. Double-digit growth in Law Firms & Corporate Legal segments is fueled by the adoption and expansion of its core AI-enabled legal research and analytics platform, Lexis+ with Protégé.

For the Exhibitions division, RELX expects strong underlying revenue growth, with an improvement in the adjusted operating margin compared to the prior full year. This outlook remains positive despite some event rescheduling in the Middle East. The company has made no changes to its outlook statements for the Risk, STM, or Legal segments.

Looking ahead, RELX expects another year of strong underlying growth in revenue and adjusted operating profit, with adjusted earnings per share also set to grow strongly on a constant currency basis. This optimistic forecast comes after RELX reported strong financial results for the full year 2025, with revenue reaching £9,590 million (a 7% underlying growth) and adjusted operating profit increasing by 9% to £3,342 million. Adjusted earnings per share grew by 10% to 128.5p on a constant currency basis, and the company proposed a full-year dividend of 67.5p, a 7% increase. RELX also announced plans to deploy £2.25 billion on share buybacks in 2026, an increase from £1.5 billion in 2025.