Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A) Competitors

Postmedia Network Canada (TSE:PNC.A) and Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (TSE:PNC.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.

Is PNC.A or PNC.B more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Postmedia Network Canada	-15.68%	N/A	-4.20%
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC	-15.68%	N/A	-4.20%

Which has more volatility and risk, PNC.A or PNC.B?

Postmedia Network Canada has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PNC.A or PNC.B?

93.8% of Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Postmedia Network Canada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNC.A or PNC.B?

Postmedia Network Canada and Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC both received 60 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 56.60% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Postmedia Network Canada	Outperform Votes 60 56.60%	Underperform Votes 46 43.40%
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC	Outperform Votes 60 56.07%	Underperform Votes 47 43.93%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PNC.A or PNC.B?

Postmedia Network Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Postmedia Network Canada	C$428.94M	0.31	-C$67.27M	-C$0.68	-1.97
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC	C$428.94M	0.28	-C$67.27M	-C$0.68	-1.81

Do analysts rate PNC.A or PNC.B?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Postmedia Network Canada	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to PNC.A or PNC.B?

In the previous week, Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC had 1 more articles in the media than Postmedia Network Canada. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC and 0 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada. Postmedia Network Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Postmedia Network Canada	Neutral
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC	Neutral

Summary

Postmedia Network Canada and Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.