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Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

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$152.98 +1.46 (+0.96%)
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TRI vs. NWS, PSO, MH, WBTN, WLYB, WLY, GCI, DALN, LEE, and VSME

Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include News (NWS), Pearson (PSO), McGraw Hill (MH), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), Gannett (GCI), DallasNews (DALN), Lee Enterprises (LEE), and VS MEDIA (VSME). These companies are all part of the "printing and publishing" industry.

Thomson Reuters vs. Its Competitors

News (NASDAQ:NWS) and Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ:TRI) are both large-cap printing and publishing companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. News pays out 9.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 65.7% 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
News
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Thomson Reuters
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

Thomson Reuters has lower revenue, but higher earnings than News. News is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thomson Reuters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
News$8.45B2.15$1.18B$2.0815.43
Thomson Reuters$7.26B9.46$2.21B$3.6242.26

In the previous week, Thomson Reuters had 1 more articles in the media than News. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Thomson Reuters and 1 mentions for News. News' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Thomson Reuters' score of 0.94 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
News
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Thomson Reuters
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

News has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 22.34% compared to News' net margin of 13.21%. Thomson Reuters' return on equity of 14.04% beat News' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
News13.21% 5.66% 3.19%
Thomson Reuters 22.34%14.04%9.35%

Summary

Thomson Reuters beats News on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TRI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TRI vs. The Competition

MetricThomson ReutersMisc. Publishing IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$68.03B$35.13B$2.50B$10.58B
Dividend Yield1.57%1.57%2.51%4.69%
P/E Ratio42.2621.1326.6626.67
Price / Sales9.469.46119.67129.33
Price / Cash27.0327.0345.5861.25
Price / Book5.735.7337.946.55
Net Income$2.21B$2.21B$12.55M$277.26M
7 Day Performance-2.57%-7.73%1.78%2.41%
1 Month Performance-13.81%-16.72%4.19%9.26%
1 Year PerformanceN/AN/A62.49%32.66%

Thomson Reuters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Thomson Reuters
0.9734 of 5 stars
$152.98
+1.0%
N/AN/A$68.03B$7.26B42.2626,400
NWS
News
1.6434 of 5 stars
$33.63
+0.7%
N/A+17.2%$18.88B$8.45B16.1725,500Positive News
PSO
Pearson
3.4384 of 5 stars
$13.97
+0.4%
$18.00
+28.8%
+5.3%$9.00B$3.52B14.8617,116
MH
McGraw Hill
4.1915 of 5 stars
$13.73
+3.3%
$20.97
+52.7%
N/A$2.63B$2.11B0.004,200
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
1.6329 of 5 stars
$19.44
-3.0%
$17.83
-8.3%
+52.0%$2.62B$1.35B-25.251,800
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
1.4857 of 5 stars
$40.03
-0.7%
N/A-17.6%$2.13B$1.68B22.499,500Short Interest ↑
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
2.4124 of 5 stars
$39.86
+0.4%
N/A-20.3%$2.11B$1.68B22.395,200Positive News
Buyback Announcement
GCI
Gannett
3.8255 of 5 stars
$4.24
-0.7%
$6.00
+41.5%
-25.2%$626.05M$2.51B12.478,900
DALN
DallasNews
N/A$16.51
+0.0%
N/A+301.6%$88.37M$121.12M-17.02660High Trading Volume
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.1327 of 5 stars
$5.66
+3.1%
N/A-41.7%$34.38M$581.81M-0.784,360
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.7963 of 5 stars
$2.50
-16.1%
N/A+194.9%$23.82M$8.25M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:TRI) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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