TCL.A vs. PBL, TOY, CAS, ZZZ, MRE, CCL.A, MTY, CTC, GOOS, and NFI
Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Pollard Banknote (PBL), Spin Master (TOY), Cascades (CAS), Sleep Country Canada (ZZZ), Martinrea International (MRE), CCL Industries (CCL.A), MTY Food Group (MTY), Canadian Tire (CTC), Canada Goose (GOOS), and NFI Group (NFI). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.A) and Pollard Banknote (TSE:PBL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Transcontinental currently has a consensus price target of C$19.08, suggesting a potential upside of 38.69%. Pollard Banknote has a consensus price target of C$42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.31%. Given Transcontinental's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Transcontinental is more favorable than Pollard Banknote.
Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Pollard Banknote pays an annual dividend of C$0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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. Pollard Banknote pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Transcontinental has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pollard Banknote has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
37.7% of Transcontinental shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.2% of Pollard Banknote shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Transcontinental shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of Pollard Banknote shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Transcontinental received 121 more outperform votes than Pollard Banknote when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.31% of users gave Pollard Banknote an outperform vote while only 55.35% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote.
Pollard Banknote has a net margin of 6.04% compared to Transcontinental's net margin of 3.39%. Pollard Banknote's return on equity of 11.93% beat Transcontinental's return on equity.
In the previous week, Transcontinental had 1 more articles in the media than Pollard Banknote. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Transcontinental and 1 mentions for Pollard Banknote. Pollard Banknote's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Transcontinental's score of -0.40 indicating that Pollard Banknote is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Pollard Banknote. Transcontinental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pollard Banknote, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Transcontinental and Pollard Banknote tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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