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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Transcontinental is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Transcontinental had 16 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Transcontinental and 2 mentions for Transcontinental. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.37 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 presently has a consensus target price of C$23.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.06%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Transcontinental is more favorable than Transcontinental.
Transcontinental received 202 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote.
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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This page (TSE:TCL.A) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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