Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MORN or TRI?

57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Morningstar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, MORN or TRI?

Morningstar has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MORN or TRI?

In the previous week, Morningstar had 12 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Morningstar and 15 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Morningstar's score of 0.35 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morningstar	11 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Thomson Reuters	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MORN or TRI a better dividend stock?

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 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 1.1%. Morningstar pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 49.7% 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. Morningstar has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate MORN or TRI?

Morningstar currently has a consensus price target of $361.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.35%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus price target of $187.30, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than Thomson Reuters.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Thomson Reuters	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, MORN or TRI?

Thomson Reuters has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. Morningstar 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
Morningstar	$2.28B	5.36	$369.90M	$8.90	32.42
Thomson Reuters	$7.27B	12.97	$2.21B	$4.79	43.69

Is MORN or TRI more profitable?

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 30.45% compared to Morningstar's net margin of 16.60%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.23% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morningstar	16.60%	23.23%	10.26%
Thomson Reuters	30.45%	14.62%	9.19%

Summary

Morningstar beats Thomson Reuters on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.