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C$19.70 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 09/24/2025

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

Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Transcontinental (TCL.A), 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 Services (BYD).

Transcontinental vs. Its Competitors

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

Transcontinental has a consensus target price of C$24.18, indicating a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Transcontinental's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Transcontinental
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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$2.76B0.60C$115.10MC$2.099.43
TranscontinentalC$2.76B0.59C$115.10MC$2.099.24

Transcontinental has a beta of 0.724642, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 0.793157, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

4.3% of Transcontinental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Transcontinental shares are held by institutional investors. 94.1% of Transcontinental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Transcontinental shares are held by company 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 pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Transcontinental pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Transcontinental pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Transcontinental pays out 43.1% 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 6 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.B vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.65BC$1.48BC$3.86BC$9.51B
Dividend Yield4.57%7.25%3.53%6.48%
P/E Ratio9.431,050.21527.0125.97
Price / Sales0.6069.82223.2110.04
Price / Cash53.2815.7131.1683.29
Price / Book0.891.323.575.62
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$264.31MC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-1.18%-0.47%1.70%
1 Month Performance-2.52%-2.16%-0.54%9.20%
1 Year Performance15.27%0.17%35.35%37.17%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$19.70
flat
N/AN/AC$1.65BC$2.76B9.439,000
TCL.A
Transcontinental
N/AC$19.66
-0.3%
C$24.18
+23.0%
N/AC$1.64BC$2.76B9.419,000
Y
Yellow Pages
0.1327 of 5 stars
C$11.24
flat
C$10.50
-6.6%
+15.5%C$152.51MC$206.51M10.04627
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.42
-2.1%
N/AN/AC$148.52MC$423.41M-3.942,834Gap Down
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.36
flat
N/AN/AC$140.62MC$423.41M-3.782,834
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$0.16
flat
N/A+54.5%C$20.98MC$138.76M-0.801,198Gap Up
LM
Lingo Media
N/AC$0.10
+11.1%
N/A+0.0%C$3.55MC$2.60M10.003,066Gap Up
DOO
BRP
0.8942 of 5 stars
C$84.06
-3.9%
C$91.69
+9.1%
+3.7%C$6.15BC$7.75B-168.1220,000Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
BYD
Boyd Group Services
1.4437 of 5 stars
C$235.32
+0.3%
C$259.18
+10.1%
+14.4%C$5.05BC$3.06B619.2615,800

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This page (TSE:TCL.B) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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