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TRI vs. MORN, NYT, SSTK, DJCO, SCHL, VALU, MKTW, WBTN, VSME, and PLTR

Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include Morningstar (MORN), New York Times (NYT), Shutterstock (SSTK), Daily Journal (DJCO), Scholastic (SCHL), Value Line (VALU), MarketWise (MKTW), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), VS MEDIA (VSME), and Palantir Technologies (PLTR).

Thomson Reuters vs.

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Thomson Reuters received 147 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.85% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote while only 47.91% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Thomson ReutersOutperform Votes
481
47.91%
Underperform Votes
523
52.09%
MorningstarOutperform Votes
334
55.85%
Underperform Votes
264
44.15%

Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Thomson Reuters pays out 48.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 21.2% 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. Morningstar has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

17.3% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. 39.9% of Morningstar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 30.45% compared to Morningstar's net margin of 14.69%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.28% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Thomson Reuters30.45% 14.62% 9.19%
Morningstar 14.69%23.28%9.66%

Thomson Reuters currently has a consensus target price of $177.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. Morningstar has a consensus target price of $366.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.00%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morningstar is more favorable than Thomson Reuters.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Thomson Reuters
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Morningstar
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

In the previous week, Morningstar had 1 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Morningstar and 18 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Morningstar's score of 0.91 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Thomson Reuters
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Morningstar
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Thomson Reuters has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. Morningstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thomson Reuters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Thomson Reuters$7.26B11.27$2.21B$4.8937.16
Morningstar$2.28B5.35$141.10M$8.5733.17

Summary

Morningstar beats Thomson Reuters on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TRI vs. The Competition

MetricThomson Reuterspublishing IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.78B$24.76B$7.02B$18.52B
Dividend Yield1.42%1.21%2.70%4.23%
P/E Ratio37.1611.0429.7331.15
Price / Sales11.274.78154.9525.69
Price / Cash31.5329.2831.6117.53
Price / Book6.819.964.564.29
Net Income$2.21B$794.21M$195.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance12.54%9.64%5.28%6.59%
1 Month Performance5.54%0.65%-6.34%-6.88%
1 Year Performance19.12%-12.69%2.98%1.23%

Thomson Reuters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.7687 of 5 stars
$181.70
+3.0%
$177.80
-2.1%
+19.1%$81.78B$7.26B37.1624,400Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MORN
Morningstar
4.4712 of 5 stars
$257.85
-4.1%
$366.67
+42.2%
-5.2%$11.04B$2.28B34.0612,200Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
NYT
New York Times
4.0076 of 5 stars
$45.83
-3.4%
$56.00
+22.2%
+15.5%$7.48B$2.59B25.755,800
SSTK
Shutterstock
4.0675 of 5 stars
$15.42
-2.2%
$45.33
+194.1%
-62.4%$537.89M$935.26M15.111,330Positive News
High Trading Volume
DJCO
Daily Journal
1.0382 of 5 stars
$368.60
-3.0%
N/A+13.8%$507.56M$71.64M6.65320Gap Down
SCHL
Scholastic
3.8106 of 5 stars
$17.23
-5.5%
N/A-54.1%$484.18M$1.59B-95.726,880High Trading Volume
VALU
Value Line
0.9083 of 5 stars
$36.42
-1.1%
N/A+7.6%$342.86M$35.70M15.50140Short Interest ↑
Positive News
MKTW
MarketWise
1.6595 of 5 stars
$10.16
+2.8%
N/A-58.9%$164.85M$408.70M84.67800Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.9233 of 5 stars
$7.46
+6.3%
$17.33
+132.4%
N/A$961.33M$1.35B16.221,854News Coverage
Gap Down
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.3822 of 5 stars
$0.91
+5.4%
N/A-71.1%$2.61M$8.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
1.4942 of 5 stars
$77.84
+5.2%
$75.19
-3.4%
+349.0%$182.56B$2.87B409.713,840Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
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This page (NYSE:TRI) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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