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Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda (GSOL) Competitors

GSOL vs. TRI, MORN, NYT, SSTK, DJCO, SCHL, VALU, and MKTW

Should you be buying Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda include Thomson Reuters (TRI), Morningstar (MORN), New York Times (NYT), Shutterstock (SSTK), Daily Journal (DJCO), Scholastic (SCHL), Value Line (VALU), and MarketWise (MKTW). These companies are all part of the "publishing" industry.

Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda vs.

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) and Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda (NASDAQ:GSOL) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Thomson Reuters presently has a consensus target price of $183.70, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given Thomson Reuters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Thomson Reuters
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Thomson Reuters has higher revenue and earnings than Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Thomson Reuters$7.27B12.15$2.21B$4.7940.95
Global Sources Ltd. BermudaN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

17.3% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda shares are held by institutional investors. 48.1% of Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Thomson Reuters received 355 more outperform votes than Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.35% of users gave Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda an outperform vote while only 47.68% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Thomson ReutersOutperform Votes
482
47.68%
Underperform Votes
529
52.32%
Global Sources Ltd. BermudaOutperform Votes
127
71.35%
Underperform Votes
51
28.65%

In the previous week, Thomson Reuters had 9 more articles in the media than Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Thomson Reuters and 0 mentions for Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda's score of 0.00 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Thomson Reuters Positive
Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda Neutral

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 30.45% compared to Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda's net margin of 0.00%. Thomson Reuters' return on equity of 14.62% beat Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Thomson Reuters30.45% 14.62% 9.19%
Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Thomson Reuters beats Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GSOL vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal Sources Ltd. Bermuda Industry SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$2.80B$2.56B$8.57B
Dividend YieldN/A13.01%13.03%4.19%
P/E RatioN/A11.8311.5519.94
Price / SalesN/A1,558,592.123,129,633.94136.20
Price / CashN/A15.8061.1334.64
Price / BookN/A3.333.844.63
Net IncomeN/A$78.30M-$466.93M$247.95M

Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSOL
Global Sources Ltd. Bermuda
N/A$12.51
-2.9%
N/A-85.3%$0.00N/A0.00N/A
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.6759 of 5 stars
$194.82
-0.2%
$183.70
-5.7%
+14.9%$87.76B$7.27B39.8424,400
MORN
Morningstar
3.9843 of 5 stars
$309.02
+1.6%
$361.67
+17.0%
+6.1%$13.06B$2.31B40.8212,200Short Interest ↑
NYT
New York Times
3.2888 of 5 stars
$55.47
+0.1%
$56.00
+1.0%
+10.5%$9.04B$2.63B31.165,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SSTK
Shutterstock
4.2572 of 5 stars
$18.29
+1.3%
$45.33
+147.9%
-52.4%$644.62M$963.57M17.931,330Analyst Forecast
DJCO
Daily Journal
0.6762 of 5 stars
$428.89
+2.8%
N/A+16.4%$590.58M$73.25M7.73320High Trading Volume
SCHL
Scholastic
3.3214 of 5 stars
$17.80
+4.1%
N/A-50.1%$500.20M$1.59B-98.886,880
VALU
Value Line
2.6538 of 5 stars
$40.00
+3.7%
N/A+3.7%$376.56M$35.70M17.02140News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
MKTW
MarketWise
0.8215 of 5 stars
$18.22
+4.2%
N/A-35.0%$295.62M$383.22M151.85800

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