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 net margin, NWS reads 6.3% and TRI reads 20.1%; on p/s, NWS reads 1.97 and TRI reads 6.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's NWS price has a different growth bar priced in than TRI (+7.5% implied for NWS vs +11.6% 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 | $32.03 | $103.20 |
| Market cap | $17.8B | $46.3B |
| Sector | Commercial Printing | Commercial Printing |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.5% | +11.6% |
| P/E | 31.1 | 30.9 |
| P/B | 1.93 | 3.89 |
| P/S | 1.97 | 6.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.5 | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +6.8% | +4.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 20.1% |
| Return on equity | 6.2% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 12.0% |
| FCF yield | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.62 | 0.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.69 | 6.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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