Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE:TRI) Launches $1.0B Buyback To Support Shares

Thomson Reuters shows capital-return action while momentum indicators point to near-term downside pressure. Operational metrics deliver mixed signals for valuation and short-term price direction.

Recent News

On August 15, 2025 the company announced a $1.0 billion normal course issuer bid to repurchase up to 10 million shares between August 19, 2025 and August 18, 2026. On September 4, 2025 the company put an automatic share purchase plan in place to permit purchases under the NCIB during pre-determined blackout windows.

Technical Analysis

ADX at 46.33 signals a very strong trend in place, indicating the current directional move carries substantive strength and may persist near term.

Directional indicators show bearish pressure: DI+ at 10.45 follows a decreasing trend while DI- at 39.43 follows an increasing trend, which together signal dominant downside directional bias relative to upside momentum.

MACD at -5.92 sits below its signal line (-5.15) and follows a decreasing trend, indicating bearish momentum and no recent bullish MACD crossover.

MRO registers -33.73 with a decreasing trend; the negative value indicates price below the model target and therefore potential upward pressure toward that target, though the ongoing decline in the oscillator increases the signal’s magnitude.

RSI at 36.58 and trending downward reflects weakening buying conviction and continued momentum to the downside from a momentum-oscillator standpoint.

Price sits beneath major moving averages: 20-day average $163.42, 50-day average $177.62, and 200-day average $178.45, while the 12-day EMA sits at $161.33 and trends downward; the position below averages aligns with the momentum indicators and signals near-term negative price bias.

Bollinger metrics place the 1x lower band at $156.04 while the close at $155.33 trades below that band, suggesting the intraday price sits slightly extended relative to recent volatility bands. Short-term volume at 1,416,136 undercuts the 10-day average of 1,678,072, showing muted participation on the latest move.

 


Fundamental Analysis

Revenue and earnings trends show mixed timing: total revenue $1,785,000,000 with YoY revenue change -21.31% and QoQ revenue growth +11.85%. Earnings growth YoY registers -59.98% while QoQ trends also show contraction; EPS actual $0.87 versus estimate $0.83 produced an EPS surprise of 4.82%, reflecting a modest beat on the reported period. Those results appear alongside the company’s published second-quarter statement.

Profitability metrics compare favorably to peers in select areas: EBIT margin 21.74% sits above the industry peer mean (13.31%) and above the industry peer median (18.65%), and remains below the industry peer high (24.21%), supporting relative operating strength versus peers. Operating margin 24.43% aligns with that profile.

Capital structure and liquidity show conservative leverage and compressed short-term liquidity: debt-to-assets 10.25% and debt-to-equity 14.59% sit well below the industry peer mean levels, while current ratio 0.79 falls below the industry peer mean (1.49%), indicating tighter near-term liquidity coverage.

Valuation multiples diverge from peers: trailing P/E at 226.01 exceeds the industry peer mean (91.38) and industry peer high (139.14); price-to-book at 6.67 sits above the industry peer mean (4.27) but under the peer high (7.33). Free cash flow yield registers 0.69%, below the industry peer mean (1.60%), while free cash flow of $583,000,000 and operating cash flow $746,000,000 demonstrate cash generation capacity. WMDST values the stock as over-valued, and the consensus price target mean stands at $149.21 versus the close at $155.33.

Other fundamentals: gross margin 75.46% and cash-flow-to-earnings 404% show strong cash conversion characteristics, while return on equity 2.48% sits slightly below the industry peer mean (2.68%). Dividend payout ratio at 83.39% yields 0.31% and dividend coverage 1.20 times; management continues capital returns in the form of the announced NCIB and ASPP.

MOST-RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT
REPORT PERIOD ENDING: 2025-06-30
REPORT DATE: 2025-08-06
NEXT REPORT DATE: 2025-10-30
CASH FLOW  Begin Period Cash Flow 1.4 B
 Operating Cash Flow 746.0 M
 Capital Expenditures -163.00 M
 Change In Working Capital 107.0 M
 Dividends Paid -261.00 M
 Cash Flow Delta -707.00 M
 End Period Cash Flow 664.0 M
 
INCOME STATEMENT REVENUE
 Total Revenue 1.8 B
 Forward Revenue 645.8 M
COSTS
 Cost Of Revenue 438.0 M
 Depreciation 28.0 M
 Depreciation and Amortization 230.0 M
 Research and Development
 Total Operating Expenses 1.3 B
PROFITABILITY
 Gross Profit 1.3 B
 EBITDA 629.0 M
 EBIT 399.0 M
 Operating Income 443.0 M
 Interest Income 11.0 M
 Interest Expense 46.0 M
 Net Interest Income -33.00 M
 Income Before Tax 353.0 M
 Tax Provision 52.0 M
 Tax Rate 14.731 %
 Net Income 313.0 M
 Net Income From Continuing Operations 297.0 M
EARNINGS
 EPS Estimate 0.83
 EPS Actual 0.87
 EPS Difference 0.04
 EPS Surprise 4.819 %
 Forward EPS 1.00
 
BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
 Total Assets 18.0 B
 Intangible Assets 12.6 B
 Net Tangible Assets 11.0 M
 Total Current Assets 2.3 B
 Cash and Short-Term Investments 727.0 M
 Cash 664.0 M
 Net Receivables 1.1 B
 Inventory
 Long-Term Investments 392.0 M
LIABILITIES
 Accounts Payable 135.0 M
 Short-Term Debt 499.0 M
 Total Current Liabilities 2.9 B
 Net Debt 1.2 B
 Total Debt 2.1 B
 Total Liabilities 5.3 B
EQUITY
 Total Equity 12.6 B
 Retained Earnings 9.9 B
VALUATION & PER-SHARE METRICS EQUITY & PER-SHARE METRICS
 Book Value Per-Share 27.99
 Shares Outstanding 450.700 M
 Revenue Per-Share 3.96
VALUATION
 Market Capitalization 84.1 B
 Enterprise Value 85.2 B
 Enterprise Multiple 137.892
Enterprise Multiple QoQ 34.629 %
Enterprise Multiple YoY 17.306 %
Enterprise Multiple IPRWA high: 171.369
TRI: 137.892
median: 61.804
mean: 59.85
low: -118.296
 EV/R 47.741
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Asset To Equity 1.424
 Asset To Liability 3.358
 Debt To Capital 0.127
 Debt To Assets 0.102
Debt To Assets QoQ -32.692 %
Debt To Assets YoY 48.982 %
Debt To Assets IPRWA high: 0.943
median: 0.411
mean: 0.365
TRI: 0.102
low: 0.012
 Debt To Equity 0.146
Debt To Equity QoQ -36.211 %
Debt To Equity YoY 34.102 %
Debt To Equity IPRWA high: 2.453
median: 0.96
mean: 0.888
TRI: 0.146
low: 0.013
PRICE-BASED VALUATION
 Price To Book (P/B) 6.666
Price To Book QoQ 4.579 %
Price To Book YoY 5.116 %
Price To Book IPRWA high: 7.326
TRI: 6.666
mean: 4.266
median: 3.859
low: 0.627
 Price To Earnings (P/E) 226.006
Price To Earnings QoQ 45.461 %
Price To Earnings YoY 17.261 %
Price To Earnings IPRWA TRI: 226.006
high: 139.144
mean: 91.377
median: 83.057
low: -61.189
 PE/G Ratio -24.107
 Price To Sales (P/S) 47.117
Price To Sales QoQ 14.213 %
Price To Sales YoY 11.287 %
Price To Sales IPRWA TRI: 47.117
high: 24.96
mean: 12.275
median: 12.186
low: 0.602
FORWARD MULTIPLES
Forward P/E 187.284
Forward PE/G -19.977
Forward P/S 130.234
EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL
 Operating Leverage 5.256
ASSET & SALES
 Asset Turnover Ratio 0.098
Asset Turnover Ratio QoQ -4.838 %
Asset Turnover Ratio YoY 4.703 %
Asset Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 0.495
mean: 0.181
median: 0.129
TRI: 0.098
low: 0.019
 Receivables Turnover 1.666
Receivables Turnover Ratio QoQ -7.368 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio YoY 2.108 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 4.437
TRI: 1.666
mean: 1.532
median: 1.495
low: 0.685
 Inventory Turnover
Inventory Turnover Ratio QoQ
Inventory Turnover Ratio YoY
Inventory Turnover Ratio IPRWA
 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 54.776
CASH CYCLE
 Cash Conversion Cycle Days (CCC)
Cash Conversion Cycle Days QoQ
Cash Conversion Cycle Days YoY
Cash Conversion Cycle Days IPRWA
CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT
 Cash Conversion Ratio -2.985
 CapEx To Revenue -0.091
 CapEx To Depreciation -5.821
 
CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY & COVERAGE CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Total Capital 14.0 B
 Net Invested Capital 14.5 B
 Invested Capital 14.5 B
 Net Tangible Assets 11.0 M
 Net Working Capital -598.00 M
LIQUIDITY
 Cash Ratio 0.255
 Current Ratio 0.79
Current Ratio QoQ -13.565 %
Current Ratio YoY -9.771 %
Current Ratio IPRWA high: 8.802
mean: 1.491
median: 1.287
TRI: 0.79
low: 0.417
 Quick Ratio
Quick Ratio QoQ
Quick Ratio YoY
Quick Ratio IPRWA
COVERAGE & LEVERAGE
 Debt To EBITDA 2.979
 Cost Of Debt 1.218 %
 Interest Coverage Ratio 11.086
Interest Coverage Ratio QoQ -39.861 %
Interest Coverage Ratio YoY -4.296 %
Interest Coverage Ratio IPRWA high: 38.382
TRI: 11.086
mean: 6.525
median: 5.921
low: -21.373
 Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.444
TIMING / LIQUIDITY
 Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) 104.693
DIVIDENDS
 Dividend Coverage Ratio 1.199
 Dividend Payout Ratio 0.834
 Dividend Rate 0.58
 Dividend Yield 0.003
PERFORMANCE GROWTH
 Asset Growth Rate -2.771 %
 Revenue Growth -6.053 %
Revenue Growth QoQ 1185.138 %
Revenue Growth YoY -21.308 %
Revenue Growth IPRWA high: 32.288 %
median: 5.052 %
mean: 4.554 %
TRI: -6.053 %
low: -18.439 %
 Earnings Growth -9.375 %
Earnings Growth QoQ -186.08 %
Earnings Growth YoY -59.975 %
Earnings Growth IPRWA high: 141.176 %
median: 30.303 %
mean: 17.378 %
TRI: -9.375 %
low: -117.647 %
MARGINS
 Gross Margin 75.462 %
Gross Margin QoQ -1.255 %
Gross Margin YoY 199.845 %
Gross Margin IPRWA high: 89.341 %
TRI: 75.462 %
median: 56.76 %
mean: 48.454 %
low: 1.685 %
 EBIT Margin 21.737 %
EBIT Margin QoQ -25.315 %
EBIT Margin YoY -9.301 %
EBIT Margin IPRWA high: 24.209 %
TRI: 21.737 %
median: 18.645 %
mean: 13.306 %
low: -41.816 %
 Return On Sales (ROS) 24.426 %
Return On Sales QoQ -16.076 %
Return On Sales YoY 1.919 %
Return On Sales IPRWA high: 24.668 %
TRI: 24.426 %
median: 16.855 %
mean: 12.762 %
low: -31.925 %
CASH FLOW
 Free Cash Flow (FCF) 583.0 M
 Free Cash Flow Yield 0.693 %
Free Cash Flow Yield QoQ 84.8 %
Free Cash Flow Yield YoY -7.723 %
Free Cash Flow Yield IPRWA high: 8.815 %
mean: 1.595 %
median: 0.907 %
TRI: 0.693 %
low: -2.825 %
 Free Cash Growth 98.299 %
Free Cash Growth QoQ -463.438 %
Free Cash Growth YoY 6.059 %
Free Cash Growth IPRWA high: 193.85 %
TRI: 98.299 %
median: 19.948 %
mean: -18.783 %
low: -688.42 %
 Free Cash To Net Income 1.863
 Cash Flow Margin 70.924 %
 Cash Flow To Earnings 4.045
VALUE & RETURNS
 Economic Value Added 0.04
 Return On Assets (ROA) 1.718 %
Return On Assets QoQ -26.925 %
Return On Assets YoY -62.008 %
Return On Assets IPRWA high: 4.179 %
TRI: 1.718 %
median: 1.609 %
mean: 1.286 %
low: -6.317 %
 Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) 2.567 %
 Return On Equity (ROE) 0.025
Return On Equity QoQ -29.717 %
Return On Equity YoY -65.732 %
Return On Equity IPRWA high: 0.144
median: 0.037
mean: 0.027
TRI: 0.025
low: -0.317
 DuPont ROE 2.513 %
 Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) 2.288 %
Return On Invested Capital QoQ -24.138 %
Return On Invested Capital YoY -102.808 %
Return On Invested Capital IPRWA high: 6.29 %
median: 2.317 %
TRI: 2.288 %
mean: 2.104 %
low: -4.278 %

Six-Week Outlook

Near-term directional bias tilts negative given falling momentum indicators (MACD falling and below its signal, RSI weakening) and the price trading below short- and long-term moving averages; ADX confirms the strength of that trend. The recently announced $1.0 billion NCIB and the ASPP provide near-term demand support that could reduce volatility during repurchase activity, but valuation metrics show the stock over-valued by WMDST and multiples sit well above peer norms, which may cap upside from a fundamentals perspective.

Conflicting signals present during a swing-trading window: MRO’s negative reading indicates price below the model target and therefore potential for an upward correction, while directional indicators and moving-average placement favor further downside. Expect continued directional pressure with episodic snapbacks as buyback activity produces intermittent supportive flows; low short-term beta and subdued volume on the latest print suggest moves may evolve without large intraday spikes.

About Thomson Reuters Corporation

Thomson Reuters Corporation (NYSE:TRI) delivers business information services across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company divides its operations into five segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax & Accounting Professionals, Reuters News, and Global Print. The Legal Professionals segment provides legal research and integrated workflow solutions, offering content, tools, and analytics to law firms and government entities. In the Corporates segment, Thomson Reuters supplies content-driven technologies, including generative AI, and integrated workflow solutions to businesses ranging from small enterprises to multinational corporations. The Tax & Accounting Professionals segment supports tax, accounting, and audit professionals with research and workflow products that enhance tax offerings and automate tax workflows. Reuters News delivers business, financial, and international news to media organizations and professional consumers through various platforms, including Reuters News Agency and Reuters.com. Lastly, the Global Print segment distributes legal and tax information primarily in print format. Founded in 1851 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Thomson Reuters Corporation functions as a subsidiary of The Woodbridge Company Limited.



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