Thomson Reuters Corp.

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $57 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 714.7 million; Market cap: $40.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.thomsonreuters.com) sells information products to financial clients such as banks and brokerages....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $60 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 716.9 million; Market cap: $43.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.8; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters....

CANADIAN TIRE CORP. $150 (www.canadiantire.ca) will buy Padinox Inc., the privately held firm that owns the popular Paderno line of kitchenware products. Those wares include pots, pans, baking dishes and kettles. Canadian Tire has yet to reveal how much it will pay for the business....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $60 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 721.9 million; Market cap: $43.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) sells information products to financial clients such as banks and brokerages....

A: Dividend 15 Split Corp., $10.85, symbol DFN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 34.7 million; Market cap: $376.5 million; www.dividend15.com), is a split-share investment corporation that holds shares of 15 companies: BCE Inc., CI Financial Corporation, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, National Bank of Canada, TransAlta Corporation, Sun Life Financial, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TransCanada Corporation, Manulife Financial, TD Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal, Telus Corporation and Enbridge.


The company can also invest up to 15% of its portfolio in other stocks.


Dividend 15 Split Corp....

These two information providers continue to adapt their businesses to better compete with providers of free online data. Recent cost cutting should also give them more room to further raise their dividends.


THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $59 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 734.7 million; Market cap: $43.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters....

PFIZER INC. $32 (New York symbol PFE; IncomeGrowth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 6.1 billion; Market cap: $195.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Divd. yield: 4.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pzifer....

Media firms continue to face strong competition from websites offering free information. However, demand for Thomson’s hard-to-replace data should remain strong. Torstar’s new online investments (see box) have some promise, but they will take years to pay off.

THOMSON REUTERS CORP....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $53 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 750.4 million; Market cap: $39.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.3; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) mainly sells information products to financial clients such as banks and brokerages....

Brexit—Britain’s vote to leave the European Union—has hurt the stock prices of these four companies. Investors fear that a weaker British pound in the wake of the vote will limit the contribution of their U.K. businesses.

These stocks will likely remain volatile until Britain negotiates new trade terms with the EU....