Target Corporation vs Thomson Reuters Corp — how do they compare? Target Corporation trades at $139.5 (market cap $63.40B), while Thomson Reuters Corp trades at $90.84 (market cap $41.28B). The key difference: Target Corporation is the larger of the two by market cap, and Target Corporation pays the higher dividend (3.32%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TGT | TRI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $63.40B | $41.28B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Industrials |
52-Week High | $141.19 | $205.54 |
52-Week Low | $83.68 | $76.55 |
Enterprise Value | $78.70B | $43.24B |
Dividend Yield | 3.32% | 2.75% |
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With 1,926 stores (as of the end of fiscal 2021), Target is a leading American general merchandise retailer, offering a variety of products across several categories, including beauty and household essentials (26% of fiscal 2021 sales), food and beverage (19%), home furnishings and décor (19%), hardlines (18%), and apparel and accessories (17%). Most of Target's stores are large, averaging more than 125,000 square feet. The company has a significant e-commerce presence, deriving around 19% of sales from the channel (up from about 9% in fiscal 2019, before the pandemic). In addition to its namesake stores, Target owns Shipt, an online same-day delivery platform. After it exited Canada in 2015, virtually all of Target's revenue is generated from the United States.
Read more on TGT →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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