TRI vs. Y, YMI, NWS, RBA, GDI, CGY, ISV, DXT, KBL, and DCM
Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include Yellow Pages (Y), Yellow Pages (YMI), NorthWest Copper (NWS), RB Global (RBA), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Calian Group (CGY), Information Services (ISV), Dexterra Group (DXT), K-Bro Linen (KBL), and DATA Communications Management (DCM).
Thomson Reuters vs.
Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) are both communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 32.12% compared to Yellow Pages' net margin of 15.71%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 63.35% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.
Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Yellow Pages pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 44.1% 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. Yellow Pages is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.8% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Yellow Pages currently has a consensus price target of C$10.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.94%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus price target of C$270.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Thomson Reuters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Yellow Pages.
In the previous week, Thomson Reuters had 2 more articles in the media than Yellow Pages. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Thomson Reuters and 0 mentions for Yellow Pages. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Thomson Reuters' score of 0.67 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Thomson Reuters received 150 more outperform votes than Yellow Pages when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.38% of users gave Yellow Pages an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.
Thomson Reuters has higher revenue and earnings than Yellow Pages. Yellow Pages is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thomson Reuters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Thomson Reuters beats Yellow Pages on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:TRI) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
