Thomson sells last of its LSE shares

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THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $234 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 455.3 million; Market cap: $106.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 11.3; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) recently sold its remaining stake in financial information provider Refinitiv for $500 million U.S. 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). Thomson and Blackstone received shares in LSE as part of that deal. The cash from this recent sale will help Thomson with its plan to buy back $1.0 billion U.S. of its shares by June 30, 2024. It also raised your quarterly dividend by 10.2% with the March 2024 payment. The new annual rate of $2.16 U.S. a share yields 1.1%. Thomson will probably earn $3.69 U.S. a share in 2024. The stock, which hit a new all-time high of $243 in May 2024, trades at a..