Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters' revenue rose 3.0% to $7.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 28.5%, down from 29.1% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $2.0 billion, up 9.0%. It paid out $1.0 billion in dividends and buybacks, 50% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.4%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share fell 2.4% a year and net income 7.7% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 40%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 778 | 1,069 | 1,298 | 1,968 | 511 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3,786 | 6,408 | 3,649 | 3,793 | 2,918 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 3,008 | 5,339 | 2,351 | 1,825 | 2,407 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.1x | 2.7x | 1.0x | 0.8x | 1.1x |
| Debt to equity | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.3x | 0.2x |
| Interest coverage | 7.7x | 11.1x | 12.1x | 15.1x | 18.9x |
| Current ratio | 0.9x | 0.6x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 0.6x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 0.6x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 0.6x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | — | — | — |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 7 of 8 | 6 of 8 | 6 of 8 |
| Accruals ratio | 1.8% | −1.3% | −6.3% |
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| Thomson Reuters | FY25 | 3.0% | 28.5% | 27.0% | 11.8% | 1.1x | 6 | |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 11,166 | 5,297 | 5,501 | 5,906 | 5,984 | 6,348 | 6,627 | 6,794 | 7,258 | 7,476 |
| Revenue growth | — | −52.6% | 3.9% | 7.4% | 1.3% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 6.8% | 3.0% |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 1,390 | 1,034 | 780 | 1,199 | 1,929 | 1,242 | 1,834 | 2,332 | 2,109 | 2,132 |
| Net income | 3,098 | 1,395 | 3,933 | 1,564 | 1,122 | 5,689 | 1,338 | 2,695 | 2,210 | 1,502 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 4.13 | 1.94 | 5.88 | 3.11 | 2.25 | 11.50 | 2.75 | 5.80 | 4.89 | 3.33 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 749 | 720 | 668 | 502 | 498 | 494 | 485 | 464 | 451 | 450 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 2,984 | 2,029 | 2,062 | 702 | 1,745 | 1,773 | 1,915 | 2,341 | 2,457 | 2,651 |
| Capital expenditure | — | 519 | 576 | 505 | 504 | 487 | 595 | 544 | 607 | 634 |
| Free cash flow | — | 1,510 | 1,486 | 197 | 1,241 | 1,286 | 1,320 | 1,797 | 1,850 | 2,017 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 1,673 | 1,000 | 1,174 | 488 | 200 | 1,400 | 1,282 | 1,079 | 639 | 1,000 |
| Acquisitions | 112 | 2 | 478 | 998 | 167 | 18 | 191 | 1,216 | 622 | 843 |
| Stock-based compensation | 106 | 60 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 76 | 85 | 83 | 87 | 111 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 2,368 | 874 | 2,706 | 825 | 1,787 | 778 | 1,069 | 1,298 | 1,968 | 511 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 8,500 | 8,670 | 3,219 | 3,834 | — | 3,786 | 6,408 | 3,649 | 3,793 | 2,918 |
| Total assets | 27,852 | 26,480 | 17,018 | 17,295 | 17,881 | 22,149 | 21,711 | 18,684 | 18,437 | 17,940 |
| Total liabilities | 14,596 | 12,905 | 7,808 | 7,735 | 7,901 | 8,315 | 9,826 | 7,620 | 6,431 | 6,026 |
| Shareholders' equity | 12,773 | 13,077 | 9,226 | 9,560 | 9,980 | 13,834 | 11,885 | 11,064 | 12,006 | 11,914 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 19.5% | 14.2% | 20.3% | 32.2% | 19.6% | 27.7% | 34.3% | 29.1% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 27.7% | 26.3% | 71.5% | 26.5% | 18.8% | 89.6% | 20.2% | 39.7% | 30.4% | 20.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | — | 28.5% | 27.0% | 3.3% | 20.7% | 20.3% | 19.9% | 26.4% | 25.5% | 27.0% |
| Return on capital | — | 5.1% | 4.8% | 10.8% | — | — | 9.0% | 13.2% | 15.5% | 11.8% |
| Return on equity | — | 10.8% | 35.3% | 16.6% | 11.5% | 47.8% | 10.4% | 23.5% | 19.2% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | — | 5.1% | 18.1% | 9.1% | 6.4% | 28.4% | 6.1% | 13.3% | 11.9% | 8.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.5x | 3.8x | 0.6x | 2.2x | — | 2.1x | 2.7x | 1.0x | 0.8x | 1.1x |