Free Trial

Transcontinental (TCL.B) Competitors

Transcontinental logo
C$18.74 +0.56 (+3.08%)
As of 05/1/2025 09:38 AM Eastern

TCL.B vs. PNC.A, PNC.B, Y, GCT, TS.B, GVC, LM, TCL.A, PLC, and CAS

Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Yellow Pages (Y), GVIC Communications (GCT), Torstar (TS.B), Glacier Media (GVC), Lingo Media (LM), Transcontinental (TCL.A), Park Lawn (PLC), and Cascades (CAS).

Transcontinental vs.

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

Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Postmedia Network Canada. Postmedia Network Canada 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$2.84B0.09C$115.10MC$1.3314.09
Postmedia Network CanadaC$404.05M0.36-C$57.63M-C$0.58-2.57

Postmedia Network Canada received 7 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TranscontinentalOutperform Votes
53
66.25%
Underperform Votes
27
33.75%
Postmedia Network CanadaOutperform Votes
60
56.60%
Underperform Votes
46
43.40%

Transcontinental has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Postmedia Network Canada has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Transcontinental had 1 more articles in the media than Postmedia Network Canada. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Transcontinental and 0 mentions for Postmedia Network Canada. Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Postmedia Network Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that Transcontinental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Transcontinental Positive
Postmedia Network Canada Neutral

Transcontinental has a net margin of 4.05% compared to Postmedia Network Canada's net margin of -14.26%. Transcontinental's return on equity of 6.16% beat Postmedia Network Canada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Transcontinental4.05% 6.16% 4.34%
Postmedia Network Canada -14.26%N/A -6.65%

Summary

Transcontinental beats Postmedia Network Canada on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Transcontinental News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TCL.B and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

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.
Skip Chart

TCL.B vs. The Competition

MetricTranscontinentalPublishing IndustryCyclical SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$250.37MC$1.36BC$3.21BC$5.66B
Dividend Yield5.13%7.09%3.49%6.84%
P/E Ratio14.099.1720.5428.62
Price / Sales0.0973.6964.35601.02
Price / Cash53.2815.7130.9483.20
Price / Book0.851.303.423.71
Net IncomeC$115.10MC$59.19MC$262.00MC$301.04M
7 Day Performance3.08%0.38%1.11%0.03%
1 Month Performance-0.32%1.63%1.20%-0.73%
1 Year Performance36.59%6.20%1,684.10%13.57%

Transcontinental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TCL.B
Transcontinental
N/AC$18.74
+3.1%
N/AN/AC$250.37MC$2.84B14.099,000Gap Up
PNC.A
Postmedia Network Canada
N/AC$1.44
+2.1%
N/AN/AC$142.30MC$404.05M-2.482,834Gap Up
PNC.B
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC
N/AC$1.42
+10.9%
N/A+3.6%C$140.24MC$404.05M-2.452,834High Trading Volume
Y
Yellow Pages
0.3312 of 5 stars
C$10.17
+1.9%
C$10.50
+3.2%
+4.5%C$140MC$222.65M4.02627
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$0.14
flat
N/A+50.0%C$18.36MC$146.68M-0.191,198Gap 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
2.2347 of 5 stars
C$18.32
+2.6%
C$22.21
+21.3%
+35.9%C$1.31BC$2.84B13.779,000
PLC
Park Lawn
N/AN/AC$25.10
+∞
N/AC$904.82MC$331M-94.572,178
CAS
Cascades
3.2446 of 5 stars
C$8.90
-1.0%
C$11.90
+33.7%
-4.2%C$900.24MC$4.64B-12.0011,000

Related Companies and Tools


This page (TSE:TCL.B) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners