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TRI vs. MORN, NYT, SSTK, SCHL, DJCO, VALU, MKTW, APP, FI, and WM

Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include Morningstar (MORN), New York Times (NYT), Shutterstock (SSTK), Scholastic (SCHL), Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (DJCO), Value Line (VALU), MarketWise (MKTW), AppLovin (APP), Fiserv (FI), and Waste Management (WM).

Thomson Reuters vs. Its Competitors

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

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 1.2%. 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 increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Morningstar had 21 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Morningstar and 4 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Thomson Reuters' score of 0.64 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Morningstar
10 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Thomson Reuters
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morningstar$2.28B5.53$369.90M$8.9033.49
Thomson Reuters$7.27B12.45$2.21B$4.7941.97

Morningstar presently has a consensus target price of $361.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.35%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus target price of $187.30, suggesting a potential downside of 6.83%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18

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

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
Morningstar16.60% 23.23% 10.26%
Thomson Reuters 30.45%14.62%9.19%

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

Summary

Morningstar beats Thomson Reuters on 12 of the 18 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 NYSE 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 Reuterspublishing IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$90.59B$90.51B$12.99B$20.55B
Dividend Yield1.18%1.18%2.70%3.74%
P/E Ratio41.1241.0828.7628.00
Price / Sales12.4512.45389.3740.51
Price / Cash31.5331.5326.3722.25
Price / Book7.547.536.194.60
Net Income$2.21B$2.21B$188.52M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.32%0.27%1.15%0.78%
1 Month Performance4.68%4.63%3.06%4.24%
1 Year Performance19.88%19.83%38.41%14.43%

Thomson Reuters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.6254 of 5 stars
$201.04
+0.5%
$187.30
-6.8%
+19.7%$90.59B$7.27B41.1224,400
MORN
Morningstar
3.9484 of 5 stars
$313.93
+0.3%
$361.67
+15.2%
+1.4%$13.26B$2.28B35.2711,085Trending News
NYT
New York Times
3.6054 of 5 stars
$55.99
+0.7%
$56.40
+0.7%
+7.4%$9.13B$2.59B30.435,900Trending News
SSTK
Shutterstock
4.5132 of 5 stars
$18.97
+1.0%
$43.67
+130.2%
-45.2%$668.69M$935.26M17.401,715Positive News
SCHL
Scholastic
4.1359 of 5 stars
$20.98
-1.4%
N/A-38.6%$589.54M$1.59B34.976,660
DJCO
Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)
0.8797 of 5 stars
$422.25
+0.8%
N/A+0.6%$582.71M$69.93M5.50320High Trading Volume
VALU
Value Line
1.6368 of 5 stars
$39.15
+2.3%
N/A-17.5%$368.40M$37.49M17.17140
MKTW
MarketWise
3.8214 of 5 stars
$19.79
+4.4%
N/A-17.8%$321.19M$408.70M6.57800High Trading Volume
APP
AppLovin
4.2813 of 5 stars
$350.08
+4.9%
$438.85
+25.4%
+316.4%$118.46B$4.71B63.191,710Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FI
Fiserv
4.9456 of 5 stars
$172.29
0.0%
$221.23
+28.4%
+13.3%$95.52B$20.46B30.4441,000Positive News
WM
Waste Management
4.8668 of 5 stars
$228.92
+0.3%
$251.00
+9.6%
+7.7%$92.12B$22.06B34.5349,500Analyst Forecast

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