Thomson keeps rewarding investors

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THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $178 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 455.3 million; Market cap: $81.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 8.7; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) continues to wind down its indirect stake in financial information provider Refinitiv. In January 2021, the company and Blackstone Group LP (New York symbol BX) merged Refinitiv with the London Stock Exchange Group plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol LDNXF). In the first nine months of 2023, Thomson sold $5.4 billion U.S. worth of its LSE shares. As of October 31, 2023, its remaining LSE shares were worth $1.7 billion U.S. The company is returning most of the proceeds to shareholders. That includes a new plan to buy back up to $1.0 billion U.S. of its shares over the next year. The cash will also let Thomson keep raising your dividend; the current annual rate of $1.96 U.S. yields 1.5%. Thomson Reuters is a buy. buy…