TCL.A vs. TCL.B, PNC.A, PNC.B, Y, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, LNR, and BYD.UN
Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Transcontinental (TCL.B), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Yellow Pages (Y), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Linamar (LNR), and Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN).
Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.A) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Transcontinental received 193 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 55.41% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote.
37.7% of Transcontinental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Transcontinental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 94.0% of Transcontinental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Transcontinental has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Transcontinental presently has a consensus target price of C$20.08, suggesting a potential upside of 35.52%. Given Transcontinental's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Transcontinental is more favorable than Transcontinental.
In the previous week, Transcontinental had 11 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.00 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Transcontinental pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Transcontinental pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Transcontinental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Transcontinental beats Transcontinental on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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