TRI vs. CP, CNR, WCN, WSP, GFL, TFII, CAE, STN, TIH, and AC
Should you be buying Thomson Reuters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Thomson Reuters include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNR), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), GFL Environmental (GFL), TFI International (TFII), CAE (CAE), Stantec (STN), Toromont Industries (TIH), and Air Canada (AC). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Thomson Reuters vs.
Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 40.33% compared to Thomson Reuters' net margin of 16.25%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity of 10.14% beat Thomson Reuters' return on equity.
Thomson Reuters has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Thomson Reuters presently has a consensus target price of C$185.40, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus target price of C$110.53, indicating a potential upside of 6.23%. Given Thomson Reuters' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Thomson Reuters is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 398 more outperform votes than Thomson Reuters when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.10% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 55.60% of users gave Thomson Reuters an outperform vote.
Thomson Reuters pays an annual dividend of C$2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Thomson Reuters pays out 84.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
22.6% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. 67.8% of Thomson Reuters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has higher revenue and earnings than Thomson Reuters. Canadian Pacific Kansas City is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thomson Reuters, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Pacific Kansas City had 2 more articles in the media than Thomson Reuters. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City and 0 mentions for Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's score of -0.56 indicating that Thomson Reuters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Thomson Reuters on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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