Sale set to fuel your Thomson gains

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THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $105 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 497.1 million; Market cap: $52.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 8.7; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) sold 55% of its Financial & Risk business (now called Refinitiv) to a consortium led by Blackstone Group LP (New York symbol BX) in October 2018. Refinitiv sells specialized information products to financial clients such as banks and brokerages. The company and Blackstone have now completed their plan to sell Refinitiv to the London Stock Exchange Group plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol LDNXF). As a result of the all-stock transaction, Thomson now owns 15% of the combined firm. That stake is currently worth about $10.0 billion U.S. Thomson and Blackstone have agreed to hold onto their shares for the next two years. After that, they can then sell a third of their holdings in each of the following two years. That lock-up agreement expires on January 29, 2025. The company…