Rockwell Automation vs Thomson Reuters Corp — how do they compare? Rockwell Automation trades at $466.2 (market cap $51.04B), while Thomson Reuters Corp trades at $90.98 (market cap $41.28B). The key difference: Rockwell Automation is the larger of the two by market cap, and Thomson Reuters Corp pays the higher dividend (2.75%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROK | TRI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $51.04B | $41.28B |
Sector | Industrials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $495.08 | $205.54 |
52-Week Low | $328.67 | $76.55 |
Enterprise Value | $54.67B | $43.24B |
Dividend Yield | 1.2% | 2.75% |
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Rockwell Automation is a pure-play automation competitor that is the successor entity to Rockwell International, which spun off its former Rockwell Collins avionics segment in 2001. As of fiscal 2021, the firm operates through three segments--intelligent devices, software and control, and lifecycle services. Intelligent devices contains its drives, sensors, and industrial components, software and control contains its information and network and security software, while lifecycle services contains its consulting and maintenance services as well as its Sensia JV with Schlumberger.
Read more on ROK →Thomson Reuters is the result of the $17.6 billion megamerger of Canada's Thomson and the United Kingdom's Reuters Group in 2008 and the 2018 carve-out of its finance and risk business, Refinitiv, in which it holds a 45% stake. In 2019, the company agreed to exchange its 45% stake in Refinitiv for a 15% stake in LSE, which closed in early 2021. Since the divestiture, the company is more concentrated on selling its flagship legal data and software, Westlaw, and its tax accounting software, Onesource. Reuters sees roughly 80% of revenue and 70% of expenses attributed to the United States, while the remainder (largely through the global print and Reuters News segments) is distributed across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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