Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is Y or TRI a better dividend stock?

Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Yellow Pages pays out 41.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 41.3% 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.

Is Y or TRI more profitable?

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 33.65% compared to Yellow Pages' net margin of 17.04%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 52.88% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yellow Pages	17.04%	52.88%	15.88%
Thomson Reuters	33.65%	20.41%	6.15%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in Y or TRI?

84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.8% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, Y or TRI?

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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, Y or TRI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yellow Pages	C$224.79M	0.68	C$38.30M	C$2.44	4.65
Thomson Reuters	C$7.03B	14.75	C$2.33B	C$7.09	32.51

Does the media prefer Y or TRI?

In the previous week, Yellow Pages and Yellow Pages both had 2 articles in the media. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Thomson Reuters' score of 0.61 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yellow Pages	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Thomson Reuters	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor Y or TRI?

Thomson Reuters received 148 more outperform votes than Yellow Pages when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.38% of users gave Yellow Pages an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yellow Pages	Outperform Votes 149 54.38%	Underperform Votes 125 45.62%
Thomson Reuters	Outperform Votes 297 52.85%	Underperform Votes 265 47.15%

Do analysts recommend Y or TRI?

Yellow Pages presently has a consensus price target of C$10.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.49%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus price target of C$197.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.32%. Given Yellow Pages' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Yellow Pages is more favorable than Thomson Reuters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yellow Pages	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Thomson Reuters	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Summary

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