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
Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ:TRI) and News (NASDAQ:NWS) 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 earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, News has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, News had 2 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for News and 4 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat News' score of 0.17 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.3% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.6% of News shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of News shares are held 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.
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.
Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. News pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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.
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.
Thomson Reuters currently has a consensus price target of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.39%. Given Thomson Reuters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than News.
Summary
Thomson Reuters beats News on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NASDAQ:TRI) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
