Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

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

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%

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 9.3%. 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.

Do analysts prefer Y or TRI?

Yellow Pages currently has a consensus target price of C$10.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.51%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus target price of C$197.50, suggesting a potential downside of 13.28%. Given Yellow Pages' higher probable upside, equities 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

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

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor Y or TRI?

In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 10 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Yellow Pages and 3 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Thomson Reuters' score of 0.45 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Thomson Reuters	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	0.65	C$38.30M	C$2.44	4.41
Thomson Reuters	C$7.03B	14.57	C$2.33B	C$7.09	32.12

Which has more volatility and risk, Y or TRI?

Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 52.94% 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 52.94%	Underperform Votes 264 47.06%

Summary

Thomson Reuters beats Yellow Pages on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.