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Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A) Competitors

C$1.52 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 09/2/2025

PNC.A vs. Y, PNC.B, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, TCL.B, TWC, and IPLP

Should you be buying Postmedia Network Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Postmedia Network Canada include Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Transcontinental (TCL.B), TWC Enterprises (TWC), and IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO) (IPLP).

Postmedia Network Canada vs. Its Competitors

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Postmedia Network Canada (TSE:PNC.A) are both small-cap publishing industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 1 more articles in the media than Postmedia Network Canada. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Yellow Pages and 0 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Postmedia Network Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yellow Pages Positive
Postmedia Network Canada Neutral

20.0% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Postmedia Network Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Postmedia Network Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.655877, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postmedia Network Canada has a beta of 0.315825, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Yellow Pages has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Postmedia Network Canada's net margin of -14.26%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 63.35% beat Postmedia Network Canada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yellow Pages15.71% 63.35% 15.88%
Postmedia Network Canada -14.26%N/A -6.65%

Yellow Pages has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Postmedia Network Canada. Postmedia Network Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yellow Pages, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yellow PagesC$206.51M0.72C$34.99MC$1.129.78
Postmedia Network CanadaC$423.41M0.36-C$57.63M-C$0.36-4.22

Summary

Yellow Pages beats Postmedia Network Canada on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PNC.A vs. The Competition

MetricPostmedia Network CanadaPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$150.55MC$1.49BC$3.94BC$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A7.24%3.54%6.53%
P/E Ratio-4.221,031.10505.3124.90
Price / Sales0.3670.01278.069.32
Price / Cash11.3115.7131.1683.29
Price / Book-0.471.333.555.32
Net Income-C$57.63MC$59.19MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.33%-0.50%1.12%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.93%1.34%8.02%
1 Year Performance4.83%1.52%37.19%35.67%

Postmedia Network Canada Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.52
flat
N/AN/AC$150.55MC$423.41M-4.222,834
Y
Yellow Pages
0.5272 of 5 stars
C$10.97
+1.0%
C$10.50
-4.3%
+13.9%C$148.85MC$206.51M9.79627
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.50
+3.4%
N/AN/AC$148.56MC$423.41M-4.172,834Gap Up
GCT
GVIC Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$105.15MC$156.19M-4.93680Gap Up
TS.B
Torstar
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$60.19MC$455.51M-0.893,070Gap Down
GVC
Glacier Media
N/AC$0.16
-11.1%
N/AN/AC$20.98MC$138.76M-0.801,198Gap Up
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.4218 of 5 stars
C$20.36
+0.3%
C$23.71
+16.4%
+22.6%C$1.70BC$2.78B9.519,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$20.14
flat
N/A+22.8%C$1.68BC$2.78B9.419,000Gap Up
TWC
TWC Enterprises
N/AC$23.64
+0.4%
N/AN/AC$573.56MC$221.07M9.49550
IPLP
IPL Plastics Inc. (IPLP.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$543.82MC$589.03M50.002,000

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This page (TSE:PNC.A) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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