RELX PLC vs Trip.com Group Limited, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
RELX sells scientific and legal data to professionals; Trip.com books travel in China. RELX's 21.67% net margin is a clean number from subscriptions; Trip.com's 53.27% likely carries investment gains and reads high, so weigh it lightly. Both convert similar shares of price to cash, RELX 6.2%, Trip.com 6.81%. RELX trades at 21.99 times earnings, a full price for durable renewals; Trip.com's frame lists no multiple and marks it near book at 1.16 times. RELX carries almost no debt, Trip.com a light 0.18. A Western data house priced for steadiness beside a Chinese travel platform priced close to its net worth.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | RELX | TCOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $32.45 | $42.79 |
| Market cap | $59.5B | $29.9B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.9% | — |
| P/E | 22.8 | — |
| P/B | 19.68 | 1.21 |
| P/S | 4.90 | 3.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.4 | 12.2 |
| Revenue growth | +7.5% | +36.8% |
| Gross margin | 66.3% | 80.5% |
| Operating margin | 31.6% | 25.3% |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 53.3% |
| Return on equity | 87.0% | 19.3% |
| Return on assets | 14.1% | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 95.7% | 6.1% |
| FCF yield | 6.0% | 6.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 0.49 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.36 | 1.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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