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Transcontinental (TCL.A) Competitors

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C$20.59 +0.08 (+0.39%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

TCL.A vs. TCL.B, Y, PNC.B, PNC.A, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, DOO, 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 Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), BRP (DOO), and Boyd Group Income Fund (BYD.UN).

Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, Transcontinental had 3 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.81 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

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 is poised for long-term growth.

Transcontinental currently has a consensus price target of C$23.71, suggesting a potential upside of 15.14%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
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 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$1.3315.48
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.10C$115.10MC$1.3315.54

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 4.4%. 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.

Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, indicating 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 8 of the 10 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$1.47BC$1.38BC$3.37BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield5.10%7.09%3.52%6.72%
P/E Ratio15.489.7771.3052.72
Price / Sales0.5275.3271.381,193.25
Price / Cash53.3415.7131.1683.29
Price / Book0.931.353.854.76
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$262.42MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-1.67%0.42%1.32%1.64%
1 Month Performance-4.76%1.11%2.92%4.55%
1 Year Performance36.09%6.45%2,633.49%26.23%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.5082 of 5 stars
C$20.59
+0.4%
C$23.71
+15.1%
+34.7%C$1.47BC$2.84B15.489,000
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$20.81
+0.8%
N/A+37.0%C$278.02MC$2.84B15.659,000
Y
Yellow Pages
1.0053 of 5 stars
C$11.40
+0.8%
C$10.50
-7.9%
+22.1%C$156.93MC$222.65M4.51627
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.42
flat
N/AN/AC$140.24MC$404.05M-2.452,834
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.40
+4.5%
N/AN/AC$138.35MC$404.05M-2.412,834
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
flat
N/A+66.7%C$19.67MC$146.68M-0.211,198
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
DOO
BRP
1.3386 of 5 stars
C$66.10
-0.2%
C$69.79
+5.6%
-18.9%C$4.86BC$8.58B24.9120,000
BYD.UN
Boyd Group Income Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$4.01BC$2.19B53.30N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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