TRI vs. Y, YMI, NWS, RBA, GDI, DXT, CGY, ISV, KBL, and KUT
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), Dexterra Group (DXT), Calian Group (CGY), Information Services (ISV), K-Bro Linen (KBL), and RediShred Capital (KUT).
Thomson Reuters vs. Its Competitors
Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) are both printing and publishing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 1 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Yellow Pages and 0 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Yellow Pages' score of 0.00 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yellow Pages currently has a consensus target price of C$10.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.28%. Thomson Reuters has a consensus target price of C$265.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.87%. Given Thomson Reuters' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Yellow Pages.
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.
Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Yellow Pages pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Thomson Reuters pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
20.0% of Yellow Pages shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.8% of Thomson Reuters shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.679659, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.481925, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Thomson Reuters beats Yellow Pages on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Thomson Reuters News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TRI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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.
Thomson Reuters Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (TSE:TRI) was last updated on 9/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free TRI Stock Alerts