Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MORN or TRI?

57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of Thomson Reuters 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MORN or TRI?

Morningstar has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MORN or TRI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Morningstar	$2.04B	6.78	$141.10M	$7.57	42.59
Thomson Reuters	$7.26B	10.95	$2.21B	$4.89	36.11

Is MORN or TRI a better dividend stock?

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Morningstar pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 44.2% 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 increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Is MORN or TRI more profitable?

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
Morningstar	14.69%	23.28%	9.66%
Thomson Reuters	30.45%	14.62%	9.19%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MORN or TRI?

Thomson Reuters received 157 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.15% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote while only 48.15% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 324 56.15%	Underperform Votes 253 43.85%
Thomson Reuters	Outperform Votes 481 48.15%	Underperform Votes 518 51.85%

Does the media refer more to MORN or TRI?

In the previous week, Morningstar had 13 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Morningstar and 7 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Morningstar's score of 0.25 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Thomson Reuters	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend MORN or TRI?

Morningstar currently has a consensus price target of $360.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.88%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus price target of $182.09, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Morningstar is more favorable than Thomson Reuters.

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)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

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