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Q4 revenue up 5% to $1.909 bln vs forecast $1.907 bln

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Q4 adjusted EPS $1.01 vs forecast 96 cents

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Sees 2025 organic revenue rising 7%-7.5% vs 7% in 2024

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Feb 6 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters ( TRI ) reported on

Thursday higher fourth-quarter revenue and issued 2025 organic

revenue growth targets that could exceed the rate in 2024.

The Toronto-based content and technology company reported

quarterly revenue rising 5% to $1.909 billion, slightly ahead of

analyst expectations of $1.907 billion, according to LSEG data.

"2024 marked important progress at Thomson Reuters ( TRI )," said

CEO Steve Hasker in a prepared statement. "Looking ahead to

2025, we continue to focus on investing in content-driven

technology that helps professionals make complex decisions with

confidence."

Thomson Reuters ( TRI ), which owns the Westlaw legal database,

Reuters news agency and the Checkpoint tax and accounting

service, spent more than $200 million on AI investments in 2024

and expects to continue at that pace in 2025, executives said.

Overall, the company has said it has about $10 billion to

spend on potential acquisitions through 2027.

The company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per

share of $1.01. Wall Street expected a profit per share of 96

cents.

Operating profit rose 29% to $722 million, boosted by the

sale of FindLaw.

Thomson Reuters ( TRI ) said it expected organic revenue to rise by

7% to 7.5% in 2025 and 7.5% to 8% in 2026. That compares with 7%

growth in 2024. Organic revenue is reported on a constant

currency basis and excludes the impact of acquisitions and asset

sales.

The company raised its annualized dividend per share by

10%.

In the fourth quarter, Thomson Reuters ( TRI ) said it acquired

Materia, a startup that develops AI agents for the tax and

accounting sector.

In the first quarter of this year, it purchased cPaperless,

LLC, owner of SafeSend, a provider of technology for tax and

accounting business, for $600 million in cash.