TRI vs. RBA, CGY, ISV, GDI, DXT, KBL, DCM, KUT, CNR, and CP
Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include RB Global (RBA), Calian Group (CGY), Information Services (ISV), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Dexterra Group (DXT), K-Bro Linen (KBL), DATA Communications Management (DCM), RediShred Capital (KUT), Canadian National Railway (CNR), and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RB Global (TSE:RBA) and Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
RB Global has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 34.87% compared to Thomson Reuters' net margin of 8.08%. RB Global's return on equity of 20.18% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.
In the previous week, RB Global had 3 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for RB Global and 4 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat RB Global's score of 0.12 indicating that RB Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Thomson Reuters received 68 more outperform votes than RB Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.33% of users gave RB Global an outperform vote while only 53.15% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.
92.3% of RB Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of RB Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.6% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RB Global pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. RB Global pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 41.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
RB Global currently has a consensus target price of C$75.67, indicating a potential downside of 23.62%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus target price of C$183.33, indicating a potential downside of 21.83%. Given RB Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than RB Global.
Thomson Reuters has higher revenue and earnings than RB Global. Thomson Reuters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RB Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Thomson Reuters beats RB Global on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Thomson Reuters News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TRI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TRI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Thomson Reuters Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
