NEWS CORPORATION vs THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, two Commercial Printing stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where NWS and TRI diverge most: on fcf yield, NWS reads -3.0% and TRI reads 4.6%; on debt / equity, NWS reads 0.21 and TRI reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's NWS price has a different growth bar priced in than TRI (+11.3% implied for NWS vs +13.7% for TRI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | NWS | TRI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.27 | $98.14 |
| Market cap | $17.4B | $44.1B |
| Sector | Commercial Printing | Commercial Printing |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +11.3% | +13.7% |
| P/E | 15.6 | 29.4 |
| P/B | 1.87 | 3.70 |
| P/S | 1.97 | 5.89 |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.0 | 20.4 |
| Revenue growth | +4.3% | +4.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity | 12.3% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 14.1% |
| FCF yield | -3.0% | 4.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.21 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 0.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.67 | 5.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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