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Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

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$172.99 -0.52 (-0.30%)
As of 09/12/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

TRI vs. NWS, PSO, MH, WLYB, WLY, WBTN, 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), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), WEBTOON Entertainment (WBTN), 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

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

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
Thomson Reuters22.34% 14.04% 9.35%
News 13.21%5.66%3.19%

Thomson Reuters has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Thomson Reuters$7.26B10.74$2.21B$3.6247.79
News$8.45B2.16$1.18B$2.0815.51

Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Thomson Reuters pays out 65.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. News pays out 9.6% 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.

In the previous week, News had 4 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for News and 11 mentions for Thomson Reuters. News' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Thomson Reuters' score of 0.31 indicating that News is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Thomson Reuters
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
News
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Thomson Reuters
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.75
News
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

17.3% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of News shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Thomson Reuters beats News on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TRI vs. The Competition

MetricThomson ReutersMisc. Publishing IndustryManufacturing SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$78.20B$40.53B$2.57B$10.14B
Dividend Yield1.37%1.37%2.52%4.60%
P/E Ratio47.7923.8926.5525.98
Price / Sales10.7410.74104.16181.13
Price / Cash30.9530.9549.2160.44
Price / Book6.486.4834.656.29
Net Income$2.21B$2.21B$16.40M$271.07M
7 Day Performance-0.94%-1.07%1.86%3.87%
1 Month Performance1.92%3.65%3.68%4.88%
1 Year PerformanceN/AN/A35.86%26.12%

Thomson Reuters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Thomson Reuters
0.8553 of 5 stars
$172.99
-0.3%
N/AN/A$78.20B$7.26B47.7926,400News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
NWS
News
0.9136 of 5 stars
$33.40
+0.7%
N/A+18.8%$18.87B$8.45B16.0625,500
PSO
Pearson
4.045 of 5 stars
$14.16
-0.9%
$18.00
+27.2%
+3.1%$9.26B$3.52B15.0617,116
MH
McGraw Hill
3.5776 of 5 stars
$15.08
+1.8%
$20.88
+38.5%
N/A$2.83B$2.11B0.004,200
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.2545 of 5 stars
$39.70
-0.4%
N/A-3.0%$2.11B$1.68B22.309,500News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
1.4384 of 5 stars
$39.74
+3.9%
N/A-8.6%$2.04B$1.68B22.335,200High Trading Volume
WBTN
WEBTOON Entertainment
1.5387 of 5 stars
$14.41
-1.0%
$14.17
-1.7%
+38.1%$1.90B$1.35B-18.711,800Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GCI
Gannett
3.9287 of 5 stars
$4.29
+4.3%
$5.55
+29.5%
-5.3%$602.60M$2.51B12.608,900News Coverage
Positive News
DALN
DallasNews
0.3037 of 5 stars
$14.85
-0.1%
N/A+219.7%$79.54M$125.39M-15.31660Short Interest ↑
LEE
Lee Enterprises
0.698 of 5 stars
$4.09
+4.9%
N/A-46.8%$24.43M$581.81M-0.564,360Positive News
Gap Up
VSME
VS MEDIA
0.3331 of 5 stars
$2.41
-4.7%
N/A+203.9%$20.22M$8.25M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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