Thomson Reuters Corp TRI

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
73/100
Moderate

Ranked against 40 peers in Specialty Business Services

About Thomson Reuters Corp

Thomson Reuters Corporation operates as a content and technology company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through five segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax and 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, … Full TRI analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Consistently Above Peers Gross margin at 75.8% (top 10%) and operating margin at 28.5% (top 5%) indicate strong pricing power.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.97), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.12), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

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Where TRI ranks in Specialty Business Services

Thomson Reuters Corp ranks #5 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services by moat score — the top 12%. The widest moat in the group is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
1 Copart, Inc. CPRT 81/100 Strong
2 Cintas Corporation CTAS 81/100 Strong
3 Dolby Laboratories DLB 75/100 Strong
4 RELX PLC PLC RELX 75/100 Moderate
5 Thomson Reuters Corp TRI 73/100 Moderate
6 UL Solutions Inc. ULS 72/100 Moderate
7 AZZ Inc. AZZ 71/100 Moderate
8 Cass Information Systems, Inc CASS 68/100 Moderate
9 Maximus, Inc. MMS 67/100 Moderate

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How TRI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 72 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 61 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 96 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 65 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 58 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 90 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding TRI's moat

What is Thomson Reuters Corp's moat score?

Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI) scores 73 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services, the top 12%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 40 companies in Specialty Business Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (96/100) and its weakest is Resilience (58/100).

How does Thomson Reuters Corp compare with other Specialty Business Services companies?

Thomson Reuters Corp ranks #5 of 41 scored companies in Specialty Business Services by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Business Services is Copart, Inc. (CPRT) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are RELX PLC PLC (RELX) at 75 just above it and UL Solutions Inc. (ULS) at 72 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 40 companies in Specialty Business Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Thomson Reuters Corp scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Thomson Reuters Corp?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and TRI scores: Pricing Power (72), Cost Advantage (61), Customer Stickiness (96), Capital Efficiency (65), Resilience (58), Scale & Market Position (90). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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