TCL.B vs. PNC.B, PNC.A, DII.B, GH, KEG.UN, TRZ, WPRT, XTC, CKI, and SRV.UN
Should you be buying Transcontinental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Transcontinental include Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (PNC.B), Postmedia Network Canada (PNC.A), Dorel Industries (DII.B), Gamehost (GH), Keg Royalties Income Fund (KEG.UN), Transat A.T. (TRZ), Westport Fuel Systems (WPRT), Exco Technologies (XTC), Clarke (CKI), and SIR Royalty Income Fund (SRV.UN). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC (TSE:PNC.B) and Transcontinental (TSE:TCL.B) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transcontinental has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.8% of Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC shares are held by institutional investors. 94.0% 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.
In the previous week, Transcontinental's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC'saverage media sentiment score.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC received 7 more outperform votes than Transcontinental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Transcontinental an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC an outperform vote.
Transcontinental has a net margin of 3.39% compared to Transcontinental's net margin of -16.07%. Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC's return on equity of 5.30% beat Transcontinental's return on equity.
Transcontinental has higher revenue and earnings than Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC. Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Transcontinental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Transcontinental beats Postmedia Network Canada Corp Class NC on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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