Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO)

(Past Top Pick Nov. 3, 2017, Up 9%) Cheap compared to its peers. Trading at a 4-year low. Liked its dividend growth, earnings prospects and share buybacks. They sold their financial risk business. They have $9-10 billion cash to deploy to add to their segments. He's been trimming this, because there are better names out there given the downturn, but TRI is still fine.

It's been in a tight range and enjoyed a pop today with news about share buybacks, but he'd still be cautious with it. Trade it at $60.

They did M&A that did not add shareholder value until now. They sold half their business to Blackstone. It will be busy for the next couple of years as they deal with stranded corporate costs. Their tax business should improve over time from the mid single digits.

Always thought this was pricey at 50x forward earnings. He's wary. We're in a skittish market and this may have more downside. Don't rush into the current peak price.

It is a good entry point where the stock has pulled back to 2.5 times book, which has been a bottom. Analysts are forecasting quite a drop in earnings, though. The shareholders are going to have to see through a weak year.

They have an outstanding CEO. The deal with Blackstone at 11.5 EBIDTA was expensive. Long term it will be a volatile stock (especially for the next few months) with the company going through transition. At these prices it is getting more interesting. Yield 3.4%.

Hasn't done much in 10 years, though pays a steady dividend. Needs something to get it going. Not excited by it.

The stock popped and then gave it right back. He’d like to see the dividend hiked but that would be a signal they could not grow any more.

Just pulled back because of near-term concerns on upcoming European regulations, but believes that will ultimately create a tailwind as clients need to adapt a system to manage these new regulations. Trading at a 4-year low. He models a 6% EPS growth. They have an active Buy-back. Good balance sheet. Dividend yield of 3.1%. (Analysts’ Price Target is $49.)

Started purchasing this in 2008-2009 during the financial crisis at around $40. It went down to $26, and he averaged clients in. Has had a nice annualized return on this, but wonders how much further it can go. The space they operate in is reasonably mature. While there is always going to be growth in this industry, he isn’t sure it will continue at the rate it has. He is looking for a possible replacement on this. If it headed back up towards $60, he would take a harder look at selling. Dividend yield of 3%+.

Generating a lot of free cash flow, buying back stock and increasing the dividend. The revenue growth is somewhat limited at the moment in various segments. Have done an extremely good job on cost savings, and the margins have been expanding for 2 quarters in a row.

He followed it for 20 years. The company got it right. They saw themselves as not a newspaper company, but as an information company. It has been in a trading range for 15 months, then had a move up. It has a ways to go. It will probably end up breaking out to the upside, but he is unlikely to buy it.