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Transcontinental (TCL.A) Competitors

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C$20.16 -0.11 (-0.54%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

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

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), BRP (DOO), and Linamar (LNR).

Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors

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

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 4.5%. 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.

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

In the previous week, Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.67 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$2.84B0.51C$115.10MC$1.3315.16
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.09C$115.10MC$1.3315.17

Transcontinental presently has a consensus price target of C$23.71, indicating a potential upside of 17.60%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Transcontinental
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

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

Summary

Transcontinental beats Transcontinental on 7 of the 9 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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TCL.A vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.44BC$1.42BC$3.54BC$6.28B
Dividend Yield5.10%7.09%3.54%6.72%
P/E Ratio15.169.9672.1164.88
Price / Sales0.5175.8971.211,254.72
Price / Cash53.3415.7131.1683.29
Price / Book0.911.323.714.88
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.49%-0.48%1.43%1.11%
1 Month Performance-4.05%0.84%3.54%5.62%
1 Year Performance26.24%3.48%37.07%26.03%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.2083 of 5 stars
C$20.16
-0.5%
C$23.71
+17.6%
+28.8%C$1.44BC$2.84B15.169,000
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$20.17
+0.1%
N/AN/AC$269.47MC$2.84B15.179,000
Y
Yellow Pages
0.908 of 5 stars
C$11.10
-1.3%
C$10.50
-5.4%
+11.7%C$152.80MC$222.65M4.39627
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.52
flat
N/AN/AC$150.20MC$404.05M-2.622,834
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.50
+3.4%
N/AN/AC$148.14MC$404.05M-2.592,834Gap 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$0.15
-11.8%
N/AN/AC$19.67MC$146.68M-0.211,198Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
DOO
BRP
1.6967 of 5 stars
C$65.53
-1.0%
C$69.79
+6.5%
-25.3%C$4.82BC$8.58B24.7020,000
LNR
Linamar
1.7196 of 5 stars
C$67.02
+0.7%
C$67.00
0.0%
+1.8%C$4.10BC$10.59B7.0032,000

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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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