RELX PLC PLC American Depositary Shares (Each representing One Ordinary Share) (RELX) is 36.9% below its all-time high, set May 27, 2025 (as of market close, Aug 19, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown. "All-time" means since our price data begins (1994).
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of RELX, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1998 | Nov 17, 1999 | −52.8% | 1.7 yrs | Feb 15, 2007 | 9.0 yrs |
| Jul 16, 2007 | Mar 9, 2009 | −52.2% | 1.6 yrs | Oct 17, 2013 | 6.3 yrs |
| May 27, 2025 | Feb 11, 2026 | −50.2% | 9 mo | not yet | 15 mo+ |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | −37.7% | 34 days | Jun 15, 2021 | 16 mo |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Sep 26, 2022 | −27.8% |
One dot per month since 1994: how far RELX stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Daily closing prices since 1994 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — RELX may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.
| 9 mo |
| Apr 6, 2023 |
| 15 mo |
| Jul 24, 1997 | Sep 29, 1997 | −20.5% | 2 mo | Nov 28, 1997 | 4 mo |
| Nov 28, 2017 | Oct 30, 2018 | −19.4% | 11 mo | Jun 12, 2019 | 1.5 yrs |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | −17.9% | 2 mo | Mar 27, 2017 | 7 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: RELX is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
