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Compared to Estimates, Thomson Reuters (TRI) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

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For the quarter ended June 2025, Thomson Reuters (TRI - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.79 billion, up 2.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.87, compared to $0.85 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.19% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.79 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.83, the EPS surprise was +4.82%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Thomson Reuters performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
  • Revenues- Legal Professionals: $709 million versus $706.57 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.5% change.
  • Revenues- Tax & Accounting Professionals: $277 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $284.5 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +10.8%.
  • Revenues- Global Print: $114 million versus $117.31 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.3% change.
  • Revenues- Corporates: $472 million versus $474.54 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.8% change.
  • Revenues- Reuters News: $218 million compared to the $212.43 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.3% year over year.
  • Revenues- Eliminations: $-5 million versus $-6 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -28.6% change.
  • Adjusted EBITDA- Legal Professionals: $339 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $326.26 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA- Corporates: $169 million versus $168.9 million estimated by three analysts on average.
  • Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate costs: $-29 million versus $-29.96 million estimated by three analysts on average.
  • Adjusted EBITDA- Reuters News: $45 million versus $48.12 million estimated by three analysts on average.
  • Adjusted EBITDA- Global Print: $41 million versus $39.43 million estimated by three analysts on average.
  • Adjusted EBITDA- Tax & Accounting Professionals: $113 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $103.48 million.

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Shares of Thomson Reuters have returned -0.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.

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