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Transcontinental (TCL.B) Competitors

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C$20.67 -0.14 (-0.67%)
As of 07/2/2025 10:06 AM Eastern

TCL.B vs. Y, PNC.B, PNC.A, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, MTY, and CCL.A

Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include 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), Transcontinental (TCL.A), MTY Food Group (MTY), and CCL Industries (CCL.A).

Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors

Yellow Pages (TSE:Y) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) are both small-cap publishing industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Yellow Pages had 2 more articles in the media than Transcontinental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Yellow Pages and 0 mentions for Transcontinental. Yellow Pages' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Transcontinental's score of 0.00 indicating that Yellow Pages is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Yellow Pages Positive
Transcontinental Neutral

84.5% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Yellow Pages shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Yellow Pages. Yellow Pages 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
Yellow PagesC$222.65M0.70C$34.99MC$2.534.47
TranscontinentalC$2.84B0.10C$115.10MC$1.3315.54

Yellow Pages has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Yellow Pages pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Yellow Pages pays out 39.5% 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. Yellow Pages is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Yellow Pages has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Transcontinental's net margin of 4.05%. Yellow Pages' return on equity of 63.35% beat Transcontinental's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yellow Pages15.71% 63.35% 15.88%
Transcontinental 4.05%6.16%4.34%

Summary

Yellow Pages beats Transcontinental on 10 of the 15 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.B vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$276.15MC$1.38BC$3.40BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield5.13%7.09%3.52%6.72%
P/E Ratio15.549.7771.3052.72
Price / Sales0.1075.3271.381,193.25
Price / Cash53.2815.7131.1683.29
Price / Book0.941.353.854.76
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$262.42MC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.42%1.31%1.64%
1 Month Performance-3.50%1.11%2.92%4.55%
1 Year Performance36.98%6.45%2,633.49%26.23%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$20.67
-0.7%
N/A+37.0%C$276.15MC$2.84B15.549,000
Y
Yellow Pages
1.077 of 5 stars
C$11.31
-0.8%
C$10.50
-7.2%
+22.1%C$155.69MC$222.65M4.47627
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$1.34
flat
N/AN/AC$132.42MC$404.05M-2.312,834
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
+7.1%
N/A+66.7%C$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
TCL.A
Transcontinental
2.4996 of 5 stars
C$21.01
+0.3%
C$23.71
+12.8%
+34.7%C$1.50BC$2.84B15.809,000
MTY
MTY Food Group
1.9678 of 5 stars
C$41.26
+2.4%
C$51.50
+24.8%
-4.0%C$962.07MC$1.13B10.307,326
CCL.A
CCL Industries
N/AC$78.49
-0.5%
N/AN/AC$922.26MC$6.94B20.8821,000Gap Down

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