On August 19, Thomson Reuters rose 5.42% in regular trading, trading at $105.77/share, with turnover of $56.57 million. The stock rebounded sharply from recent lows following a post-earnings sell-off earlier this month, supported by a broad sector rally and continued positive sentiment around the company's AI strategy.
Thomson Reuters reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.99, beating the FactSet estimate of $0.96 by 3.13%, while revenue of $1.954 billion also exceeded the $1.913 billion consensus. The company raised its full-year total revenue and organic growth guidance to approximately 8.0%, and lifted its three-segment revenue growth outlook to 9.5%-10.0%. RBC Capital Markets subsequently raised its price target to $124 from $121, maintaining an Outperform rating, citing the company's ability to sustain its competitive position in legal and tax verticals over three years driven by agentic AI momentum.
Within the Research and Consulting Services sector, the rally was broad-based. Among individual stocks, Equifax rose 6.76%, Booz Allen Hamilton rose 5.44%, Leidos rose 2.4%, RELX rose 2.0%, while Planet Labs Pbc fell 3.34%.
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