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MetricTRITHOMSON REUTERS CORP /CAN/TRI.TOTRI.TOMYID.VMYID.VTHP.VTHP.VMedian of the restexcluding TRI
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$115.26▲ 2.44 (2.16%)
C$172.43▲ 19.31 (12.61%)
C$0.27▲ 0.01 (3.85%)
C$0.075▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/109.0/102.0/102.0/102.0/10
Market value$50.21B$75.54B$35.2M$9.2M
Revenue$7.48B$10.49B$5.0M$0.00
Profit$1.50B$2.11B-$1.0M-$131.5K
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.3.0%3.0%-1.7%-100.0%-1.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—75.8%78.3%—77.1%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.28.5%26.6%-18.8%—3.9%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.20.1%20.1%-20.8%—-0.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.27.0%27.0%-13.6%—6.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.12.6%12.6%-274.2%26.0%12.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.12.5%11.3%-153.8%—-71.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.33.43x35.84x——35.84x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—19.04x——19.04x
Price to book4.21x4.52x93.23x-18.17x4.52x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.51x0.51x3.36x-1.03x0.51x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/77/93/92/73.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafedistressdistress

How TRI compares with the others

  • TRI's operating margin of 28.5% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (3.9%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 3.0% against -1.7%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the other company selected (33.4x against 35.8x).

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.