Thomson Reuters Corp vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated — how do they compare? Thomson Reuters Corp trades at $90.98 (market cap $41.28B), while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated trades at $481.09 (market cap $121.95B). The key difference: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is far larger — about 3× Thomson Reuters Corp's market cap, and Thomson Reuters Corp pays a 2.75% dividend while Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TRI | VRTX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $41.28B | $121.95B |
Sector | Industrials | Health |
52-Week High | $205.54 | $529.59 |
52-Week Low | $76.55 | $366.54 |
Enterprise Value | $43.24B | $116.69B |
Dividend Yield | 2.75% | — |
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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.
Read more on TRI →Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a global biotechnology company that discovers and develops small-molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. Its key drugs are Kalydeco, Orkambi, Symdeko, and Trikafta/Kaftrio for cystic fibrosis, where Vertex therapies remain the standard of care globally. In addition to its focus on cystic fibrosis, Vertex is diversifying its pipeline through gene-editing therapies such as CTX001 for beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease, small-molecule inhibitors targeting acute and chronic pain using non-opioid treatments, and small-molecule inhibitors of APOL1-mediated kidney diseases. Vertex is also investigating cell therapies to deliver a potential functional cure for type 1 diabetes.
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