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C$20.58 -0.22 (-1.06%)
As of 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

TCL.A vs. TCL.B, Y, PNC.B, PNC.A, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, BYD.UN, and DOO

Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Transcontinental (TCL.B), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN), and BRP (DOO).

Transcontinental vs.

Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.A) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.

Transcontinental presently has a consensus target price of C$22.21, indicating a potential upside of 7.94%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Transcontinental is more favorable than Transcontinental.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Transcontinental
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Transcontinental
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Transcontinental had 2 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.00 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Transcontinental Positive
Transcontinental Neutral

Transcontinental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.52C$115.10MC$1.3315.47
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.10C$115.10MC$1.3315.70

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Transcontinental4.05% 6.16% 4.34%
Transcontinental 4.05%6.16%4.34%

Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

38.3% of Transcontinental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Transcontinental shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Transcontinental received 197 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
250
55.07%
Underperform Votes
204
44.93%
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
53
66.25%
Underperform Votes
27
33.75%

Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Transcontinental pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Transcontinental pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Transcontinental beats Transcontinental on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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TCL.A vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.47BC$1.42BC$3.34BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield5.10%7.09%3.49%6.32%
P/E Ratio15.479.6689.4729.95
Price / Sales0.5274.8966.68752.53
Price / Cash53.3415.7131.0783.71
Price / Book0.931.353.743.96
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$262.99MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-0.19%-0.56%-0.03%0.84%
1 Month Performance15.88%5.00%29.16%7.48%
1 Year Performance53.93%7.93%2,598.82%16.03%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.A
Transcontinental
1.3574 of 5 stars
C$20.58
-1.1%
C$22.21
+7.9%
+54.2%C$1.47BC$2.84B15.479,000News Coverage
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$20.34
+4.5%
N/A+55.7%C$271.74MC$2.84B15.299,000
Y
Yellow Pages
0.7226 of 5 stars
C$11.23
-0.2%
C$10.50
-6.5%
+20.6%C$154.59MC$222.65M4.44627News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.42
flat
N/AN/AC$140.24MC$404.05M-2.452,834Positive News
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.27
-14.2%
N/AN/AC$125.50MC$404.05M-2.192,834Gap Down
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$0.14
-6.9%
N/AN/AC$17.70MC$146.68M-0.191,198
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
BYD.UN
Boyd Group Income Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$4.01BC$2.19B53.30N/AHigh Trading Volume
DOO
BRP
3.4551 of 5 stars
C$52.00
+4.7%
C$70.00
+34.6%
-46.7%C$3.82BC$8.58B19.6020,000

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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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