Thomson Reuters (TRI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TRI or Y?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TRI or Y?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thomson Reuters	C$4.59B	18.54	C$1.47B	C$6.64	40.52
Yellow Pages	C$222.65M	0.71	C$34.99M	C$2.53	4.53

Is TRI or Y more profitable?

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
Thomson Reuters	32.12%	20.19%	6.15%
Yellow Pages	15.71%	63.35%	15.88%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TRI or Y?

20.7% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are held by institutional investors. 69.8% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TRI or Y?

Thomson Reuters received 151 more outperform votes than Yellow Pages when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.38% of users gave Yellow Pages an outperform vote while only 52.72% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Thomson Reuters	Outperform Votes 300 52.72%	Underperform Votes 269 47.28%
Yellow Pages	Outperform Votes 149 54.38%	Underperform Votes 125 45.62%

Is TRI or Y a better dividend stock?

Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Thomson Reuters pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Yellow Pages pays out 39.5% 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.

Do analysts recommend TRI or Y?

Thomson Reuters currently has a consensus price target of C$252.40, indicating a potential downside of 6.22%. Yellow Pages has a consensus price target of C$10.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.38%. Given Thomson Reuters' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Yellow Pages.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thomson Reuters	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Yellow Pages	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor TRI or Y?

In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 9 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Yellow Pages and 2 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat Thomson Reuters' score of -0.14 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Thomson Reuters	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Yellow Pages	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Thomson Reuters beats Yellow Pages on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.