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C$253.99 -3.06 (-1.19%)
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TRI vs. Y, YMI, NWS, RBA, GDI, CGY, ISV, DXT, KBL, and DCM

Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include Yellow Pages (Y), Yellow Pages (YMI), NorthWest Copper (NWS), RB Global (RBA), GDI Integrated Facility Services (GDI), Calian Group (CGY), Information Services (ISV), Dexterra Group (DXT), K-Bro Linen (KBL), and DATA Communications Management (DCM).

Thomson Reuters vs.

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) are both communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Yellow Pages pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Thomson Reuters pays out 44.1% 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. Yellow Pages is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 69.8% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Thomson Reuters had 8 more articles in the media than Yellow Pages. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Thomson Reuters and 0 mentions for Yellow Pages. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Yellow Pages' score of 0.00 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yellow Pages Neutral
Thomson Reuters Positive

Yellow Pages currently has a consensus target price of C$10.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.13%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus target price of C$266.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.53%. Given Thomson Reuters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Yellow Pages.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Yellow Pages
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Thomson Reuters
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Thomson Reuters has a net margin of 32.12% compared to Yellow Pages' net margin of 15.71%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 63.35% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yellow Pages15.71% 63.35% 15.88%
Thomson Reuters 32.12%20.19%6.15%

Thomson Reuters has higher revenue and earnings than Yellow Pages. Yellow Pages 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
Yellow PagesC$222.65M0.66C$34.99MC$2.534.20
Thomson ReutersC$4.59B17.56C$1.47BC$6.6438.39

Thomson Reuters received 150 more outperform votes than Yellow Pages when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.38% of users gave Yellow Pages an outperform vote while only 52.83% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Yellow PagesOutperform Votes
149
54.38%
Underperform Votes
125
45.62%
Thomson ReutersOutperform Votes
299
52.83%
Underperform Votes
267
47.17%

Summary

Thomson Reuters beats Yellow Pages on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TRI vs. The Competition

MetricThomson ReutersSpecialty Business Services IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$80.55BC$6.57BC$7.27BC$5.70B
Dividend Yield1.17%4.93%3.56%6.84%
P/E Ratio38.3930.0221.1328.78
Price / Sales17.56129.6683.32569.17
Price / Cash90.2540.5426.9083.20
Price / Book10.607.303.783.74
Net IncomeC$1.47BC$144.67MC$808.20MC$301.04M
7 Day Performance1.28%47.27%4.27%0.80%
1 Month Performance1.41%37.98%2.66%0.06%
1 Year Performance14.48%35.23%15.36%14.64%

Thomson Reuters Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRI
Thomson Reuters
1.2758 of 5 stars
C$253.99
-1.2%
C$252.40
-0.6%
+23.3%C$80.24BC$4.59B38.2424,400Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Y
Yellow Pages
0.328 of 5 stars
C$10.20
-0.9%
C$10.50
+2.9%
+4.5%C$140.41MC$222.65M4.03627
YMI
Yellow Pages
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$11.14MN/A0.00147,000
NWS
NorthWest Copper
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.0025,500High Trading Volume
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$131.36
-2.6%
N/A+40.9%C$16.97BC$2.06B57.714,200
GDI
GDI Integrated Facility Services
2.0762 of 5 stars
C$30.51
-0.2%
C$43.42
+42.3%
-12.6%C$727.19MC$2.58B48.366,600
CGY
Calian Group
1.8505 of 5 stars
C$45.13
-0.5%
C$69.67
+54.4%
-13.3%C$535.74MC$748.67M48.324,400
ISV
Information Services
N/AN/AC$32.50
+∞
N/AC$502.23MC$250.54M23.92545
DXT
Dexterra Group
0.9476 of 5 stars
C$7.80
-2.0%
C$8.75
+12.2%
+46.5%C$496.39MC$1.02B39.719,000News Coverage
KBL
K-Bro Linen
N/AC$35.59
+0.3%
C$48.00
+34.9%
+0.7%C$373.45MC$362.25M19.923,050News Coverage
Positive News
DCM
DATA Communications Management
N/AC$1.76
-0.6%
C$11.00
+525.0%
-45.3%C$98.88MC$501.49M-28.361,800Gap Down

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