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Thomson Reuters Corp (TSX: TRI) is a leading provider of business information services. Its product portfolio includes highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting, and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news service – Reuters.
Key highlights
Source: Company Presentation
Source: Company Presentation
Source: REFINITIV, Analysis by Kalkine
Source: Company Presentation
Risks associated with investment: The company's capacity to service clients, as well as its profits and reputation, is heavily reliant on its own and third-party data centers, network infrastructure, telecommunications, and the Internet. Any faults or outages might threaten this ability. Furthermore, it must keep up with rapid technological changes to supply new products, services, apps, and features to suit the expectations of customers; failure to do so could have a significant negative influence on the firm.
Financial Overview of FY 2021 (Expressed in Millions of U.S. dollar)
Source: Company Filing
Top-10 Shareholders
The top 10 shareholders have been highlighted in the table, which forms around 77.70% of the total shareholding. Woodbridge Co., Ltd. and RBC Global Asset Management Inc. hold the company's maximum interests at 67.11% and 1.57%, respectively. The company's institutional ownership stood at 23.58%, and ownership of the strategic entities stood at 67.78%.
Valuation Methodology (Illustrative): Price to Cash Flow-based Valuation Metrics
Stock recommendation
The company's strong performance in the first nine months of the year continued into the fourth quarter. Its sales growth was outstanding once again, exceeding management's expectations and allowing it to close the year on a high note. As the business's performance has improved, it has begun to move toward the higher 2022 and 2023 objectives, which is a significant benefit. Customers throughout the world are upgrading Legal, Tax and Risk, Fraud, and Compliance products, which is helping the professional markets expand.
The products are proving to be well-suited to enabling them to efficiently serve their clients, which we believe will improve the company's cash flow in the near future. In addition, the company plans to invest in things that will help it develop faster and in which it has a strong foothold in growing markets. Furthermore, the company is still exploring strategic acquisitions to supplement organic growth and expand its position, which is a significant plus. Therefore, based on the above rationales and valuation, we recommend a “Buy” rating at the last closing price of CAD 132.77 as on March 23, 2022. Additionally, the markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macro-economic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.
One-Year Technical Price Chart (as on March 23, 2022). Source: REFINITIV, Analysis by Kalkine Group
Technical Analysis Summary
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