Thomson Reuters Q2 EPS Cut by National Bank Financial

Thomson Reuters Co. (TSE:TRI) (NYSE:TRI) – National Bank Financial reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Thomson Reuters in a note issued to investors on Thursday, May 1st. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.13 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.14. The consensus estimate for Thomson Reuters’ current full-year earnings is $5.64 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Thomson Reuters’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.10 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.58 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.16 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on TRI. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on Thomson Reuters from C$175.00 to C$181.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. TD Securities upped their target price on Thomson Reuters from C$250.00 to C$260.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Bank of America set a C$255.00 price target on shares of Thomson Reuters and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Scotiabank downgraded shares of Thomson Reuters from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of Thomson Reuters from C$265.00 to C$280.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$252.40.

Thomson Reuters Price Performance

TSE TRI opened at C$256.31 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$247.99 and its 200 day moving average price is C$240.24. Thomson Reuters has a 1 year low of C$214.51 and a 1 year high of C$262.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.28, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.52. The company has a market cap of C$80.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.59, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 0.40.

Thomson Reuters (TSE:TRI) (NYSE:TRI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported C$1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of C$0.97 by C$0.04. Thomson Reuters had a net margin of 32.12% and a return on equity of 20.19%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.98 EPS.

Insider Activity at Thomson Reuters

In other news, Senior Officer David Franklin Wong sold 2,256 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$251.96, for a total value of C$568,432.59. Also, Senior Officer Kirsty Roth sold 16,233 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$252.58, for a total value of C$4,100,153.87. Insiders sold a total of 19,989 shares of company stock worth $5,039,178 in the last three months. Company insiders own 69.76% of the company’s stock.

Thomson Reuters Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th were issued a dividend of $0.595 per share. This represents a $2.38 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.93%. Thomson Reuters’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 44.12%.

Thomson Reuters Company Profile

Thomson Reuters Corporation engages in the provision of business information services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in five segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax & Accounting Professionals, Reuters News, and Global Print. The Legal Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on legal research and integrated legal workflow solutions that combine content, tools, and analytics to law firms and governments.