TCL.A vs. TCL.B, Y, PNC.A, PNC.B, 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), Yellow Pages (Y), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Linamar (LNR), and Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN).
Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors
Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.A) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Transcontinental has a consensus target price of C$23.71, suggesting a potential upside of 16.79%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transcontinental is more favorable than Transcontinental.
Transcontinental has a beta of 0.724642, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 0.753635, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Transcontinental had 1 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Transcontinental and 1 mentions for Transcontinental. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.59 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Transcontinental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4.2% of Transcontinental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Transcontinental shares are held by institutional investors. 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Transcontinental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Transcontinental pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Transcontinental pays out 42.1% 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 7 of the 11 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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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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