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$162.20 -0.58 (-0.36%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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.

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

Morningstar has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Morningstar had 15 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Morningstar and 8 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Morningstar's score of 0.49 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 32.12% 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
Morningstar14.69% 23.28% 9.66%
Thomson Reuters 32.12%14.85%9.11%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morningstar$2.22B6.57$141.10M$7.5744.96
Thomson Reuters$7.16B10.19$2.70B$5.0831.93

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Morningstar pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 42.5% 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 currently has a consensus price target of $360.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.98%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus price target of $175.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.01%. Given Thomson Reuters' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Morningstar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Morningstar
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Thomson Reuters
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Thomson Reuters received 177 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.06% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote while only 48.48% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MorningstarOutperform Votes
303
57.06%
Underperform Votes
228
42.94%
Thomson ReutersOutperform Votes
480
48.48%
Underperform Votes
510
51.52%

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

Summary

Morningstar beats Thomson Reuters on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TRI vs. The Competition

MetricThomson Reuterspublishing IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$72.98B$22.92B$6.78B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.30%1.11%2.81%3.57%
P/E Ratio31.936.3944.5041.24
Price / Sales10.194.60429.9817.58
Price / Cash32.3528.6929.5121.28
Price / Book6.6414.305.585.32
Net Income$2.70B$1.22B$125.43M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.52%-1.21%3.84%-3.59%
1 Month Performance0.91%1.44%10.08%-2.48%
1 Year Performance14.86%-10.95%21.45%13.87%

Thomson Reuters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.7572 of 5 stars
$162.20
-0.4%
$175.20
+8.0%
+14.9%$72.98B$7.16B31.9325,600Positive News
MORN
Morningstar
3.3466 of 5 stars
$357.25
+1.2%
$360.67
+1.0%
+22.1%$15.32B$2.22B46.6211,334Analyst Downgrade
NYT
New York Times
3.2975 of 5 stars
$56.00
+1.7%
$54.83
-2.1%
+15.4%$9.18B$2.54B32.965,900Dividend Announcement
SSTK
Shutterstock
3.9731 of 5 stars
$31.89
-1.3%
$53.67
+68.3%
-36.6%$1.11B$902.18M31.671,274Analyst Downgrade
DJCO
Daily Journal
1.305 of 5 stars
$575.00
+1.8%
N/A+63.5%$791.78M$71.61M17.33350Gap Up
SCHL
Scholastic
4.2925 of 5 stars
$25.95
+1.4%
N/A-47.5%$730.16M$1.60B46.076,660Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
VALU
Value Line
1.868 of 5 stars
$53.41
+0.0%
N/A+11.2%$503.02M$36.63M22.96140Earnings Report
Positive News
MKTW
MarketWise
3.0349 of 5 stars
$0.52
+1.7%
$2.00
+288.0%
-82.3%$167.16M$423.38M4.22578Gap Down
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
2.1146 of 5 stars
$13.03
+2.3%
$26.83
+105.9%
N/A$1.67B$1.28B0.001,854Lockup Expiration
News Coverage
Positive News
VSME
VS MEDIA
N/A$1.02
-1.0%
N/A-66.4%$2.92M$7.99M0.00N/APositive News
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
N/A$74.43
-2.2%
$38.40
-48.4%
N/A$169.55B$2.23B364.973,735Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:TRI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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