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Thomson Reuters’ profit beats estimates; outlook steady

2023.08.02 07:41


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By Helen Coster

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Thomson Reuters Corp on Wednesday reported higher sales and operating profit in the second quarter, helped by strong performance at its “Big 3” segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates and Tax & Accounting Professionals.

The news and information company reported adjusted earnings of 84 cents per share, 6 cents ahead of estimates.

Total revenue rose 2% in the quarter to $1.65 billion, slightly missing expectations, according to Refinitiv. The company said net divestitures had a 3% negative impact on revenue. 

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:), which owns the Westlaw legal database, Reuters news agency and the Checkpoint tax and accounting service, said organic revenue was up 7% for the “Big 3” segments that together account for the lion’s share of revenue and profit.  

CEO Steve Hasker said he saw “good momentum across our portfolio despite an uncertain macro backdrop.” He added, “Importantly, our confidence around the opportunity that generative AI brings to us and our customers continues to strengthen.”

Thomson Reuters maintained its full-year 2023 outlook for organic revenue, adjusted EBITDA margin and free cash flow. It said the first half of the year gave it “increasing confidence” about its financial outlook but cautioned that “many signs that point to a weakening global economic environment” that could impact its guidance.

The company sold 15.5 million shares of the London Stock Exchange Group (LON:) in the second quarter, for gross proceeds of $1.6 billion.

Organic revenue in the Reuters News division was up 1% in the quarter, driven by a lower contractual year-over-year price increase in the company’s news agreement with LSEG, slower events growth and lower digital revenues.

Organic revenues in the Print division – which provides information to legal and tax professionals, government, law schools and corporations – fell 4%, in line with the company’s expectations.

In June the company announced plans for two acquisitions: Britain-based Imagen, a digital content asset management company, for an undisclosed price; and Casetext, a California-based AI company that helps legal professionals conduct research, analysis and prepare documents using generative AI, for $650 million.

As of July 31, 2023, Thomson Reuters indirectly owned approximately 31.8 million LSEG shares, which had a market value of approximately $3.5 billion, based on LSEG’s closing share price on that day.

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