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C$18.80 +0.43 (+2.34%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

TCL.A vs. TCL.B, Y, PNC.A, PNC.B, 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 (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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

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$2.84B0.47C$115.10MC$1.3314.14
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.09C$115.10MC$1.3314.09

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

Transcontinental presently has a consensus target price of C$22.21, suggesting a potential upside of 18.16%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Transcontinental received 196 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 54.97% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
249
54.97%
Underperform Votes
204
45.03%
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
53
66.25%
Underperform Votes
27
33.75%

38.3% of Transcontinental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Transcontinental shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Transcontinental and Transcontinental both had 1 articles in the media. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.67 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Transcontinental
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Transcontinental
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 7 of the 11 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$1.34BC$1.36BC$3.22BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield5.10%7.09%3.49%6.84%
P/E Ratio14.149.1220.3629.27
Price / Sales0.4774.4362.66568.85
Price / Cash53.3415.7130.9383.07
Price / Book0.851.313.403.72
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$261.60MC$300.39M
7 Day Performance2.62%-0.45%1.76%0.29%
1 Month Performance0.05%0.66%0.82%-0.19%
1 Year Performance35.64%6.21%1,674.82%14.06%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.2347 of 5 stars
C$18.80
+2.3%
C$22.21
+18.2%
+37.6%C$1.34BC$2.84B14.149,000
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$17.70
+3.2%
N/AN/AC$236.47MC$2.84B13.319,000Gap Up
Y
Yellow Pages
0.3368 of 5 stars
C$10.20
-0.9%
C$10.50
+2.9%
+4.3%C$140.41MC$222.65M4.03627
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.30
+21.5%
N/AN/AC$128.46MC$404.05M-2.242,834High Trading Volume
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.10
flat
N/AN/AC$108.64MC$404.05M-1.902,834Gap 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$0.15
+11.1%
N/AN/AC$19.67MC$146.68M-0.211,198Gap Up
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
3.2911 of 5 stars
C$45.37
+1.1%
C$72.23
+59.2%
-49.6%C$3.34BC$8.58B17.1020,000Analyst Forecast

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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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