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Reuters parent reports better-than-expected earnings, raises forecast

November 2, 2021

Posted by Chris Roush

The parent of the Reuters news service on Tuesday raised its 2021 revenue forecast for the third time this year as the news and information company benefits from a recovering global economy and beat estimates in the third quarter.

Kenneth Li of Reuters reports, “Quarterly revenues climbed 6% to $1.53 billion, compared to expectations of $1.5 billion, while an 18% rise in adjusted EPS to 46 cents beat analysts’ mean estimate of 38 cents, according to Refinitiv.

“Four of Thomson Reuters’ five divisions – Legal Professionals, Tax & Accounting Professionals, Corporates, and Reuters News – showed sales rising 6% on a constant currency basis.

“Reuters News revenue benefited from gains in its business with media customers and a 60% rise in sales at its events business that was hurt by the pandemic.

“Reuters News makes more than half its revenue from supplying news to Refinitiv, a data company spun off from Thomson Reuters and now owned by the London Stock Exchange.”

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