For the quarter ended December 2025, Thomson Reuters (TRI) reported revenue of $2.01 billion, up 5.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.07, compared to $1.01 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +0.07% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.01 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.06, the EPS surprise was +1.42%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
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: $738 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $744.08 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.2%.
- Revenues- Tax & Accounting Professionals: $414 million compared to the $416.51 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.1% year over year.
- Revenues- Global Print: $136 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $136.8 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.6%.
- Revenues- Eliminations: $-7 million versus $-6 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +16.7% change.
- Revenues- Reuters News: $232 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $225.63 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.4%.
- Revenues- Corporates: $496 million compared to the $490.56 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.3% year over year.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Legal Professionals: $327 million compared to the $322.81 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporates: $160 million compared to the $163.53 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Corporate costs: $-34 million compared to the $-30.53 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Reuters News: $48 million versus $47.43 million estimated by two analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Global Print: $54 million compared to the $51.91 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Tax & Accounting Professionals: $222 million compared to the $227.41 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Thomson Reuters have returned -26.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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